Gardens of Ancient Rome

  • The Gardens of Ancient Rome were either Public or Private spaces where exotic plants and fruit were grown in a structured landscape with pavilions and filled with works of art.
  • The design of the Roman Garden was influenced by the Greek, Persian and Egyptian Gardens.

Rome

  • Gardens of Sallust (c. 50 BCE)
    • The Gardens of Sallust, also known as the ‘Sallustrian Gardens’, was a landscaped Public Park in Rome next to the Quirinal Hill, created by the Roman Historian Sallust (c.86-35 BCE).
    • The Park originally belonged to Julius Caesar and Sallust bought it after he died. It is now a private location for Events.
  • Horti Lamiani (Lamian Gardens) (c. 60 BCE)
    • Created by the Consul Lucius Aelius Lamia, in the 1st century CE, on a villa on the Esquiline Hill.
    • The Gardens consisted of terraces and pavilions filled with works of art. Eight of the Aqueducts of Ancient Rome passed through the Gardens and supplied its water.
  • Horti Lucullus (c. 60 BCE)
    • The Gardens were planted by Lucius Licinius Lucullus in c. 60 BCE, as part of a villa complex, based on the Persian Garden. They now form part of the Villa Borghese Gardens in Rome.
  • Porticus Liviae (7 CE)
    • Built by Augustus in honour of his wife, the Porticus was a walled and colonnaded enclosure around a central Garden.
    • The walkways were covered by vines and on display was a collection of paintings, statues, fountains, frescos and a shrine.
  • Hadrian's Villa
    • Hadrian’s Villa is situated at Tivoli, 18 miles (30km) north of Rome, and built between 117-120 CE. It was Hadrian’s Palace in the country and held the greatest Roman imitation of a Garden of Alexandria.
    • Hadrian preferred to live here, rather than in the Palaces on the Palatine.
    • An Imperial Court was in permanent residence here, connected by Post to Rome.

Other Roman Gardens

 

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