Flora of the Colosseum of Rome

or, Illustrations and descriptions of four hundred and twenty plants growing spontaneously upon the ruins of the Colosseum of Rome

by Richard Deakin

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Published 1855 by Groombridge in London .
Written in English

Subjects:

Botany -- Italy -- Rome

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Bound by Edmonds & Remnants, London.

The Physical Object
Other titles	Illustrations and descriptions of four hundred and twenty plants growing spontaneously upon the ruins of the Colosseum of Rome
Statement	by Richard Deakin.
Pagination	viii, 237, [34] p., [6] leaves of plates ([34] p. at end advertisements) :
Number of Pages	237
ID Numbers
Open Library	OL18177623M

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In Richard Deakin wrote the Flora of the Colosseum of Rome, and listed species of wild plants on the year old ruin, including 41 members of the pea family. Some of these plants were rare in Western Europe and may have arrived in the fur of the North African animals brought there for torturous combat with gladiators.

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Flora of the Colosseum of Rome Inthe English botanist Richard Deacon had published his Flora of the Colosseum, recording the species of plant growing in the site that had been, until the construction of the Crystal Palace in London four years earlier, the largest architectural volume in the world.

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Flora of the Colosseum of Rome.The Colosseum or Coliseum (/ ˌ k ɒ l ə ˈ s iː ə m / KOL-ə-SEE-əm), also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre (Latin: Amphitheatrum Flavium; Italian: Anfiteatro Flavio [aɱfiteˈaːtro ˈflaːvjo] or Colosseo [kolosˈsɛːo]), is an oval amphitheatre in the centre of the city of Rome, of travertine limestone, tuff (volcanic rock), and brick-faced concrete, it was the largest Built by/for: Vespasian, Titus.The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare.

Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50, at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games.

It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them)/5(57).