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On Rome’s Ecological Contribution to British Flora and Fauna: landscape, legacy and identity (2013)
Journal Article
Witcher, R. (2013). On Rome’s Ecological Contribution to British Flora and Fauna: landscape, legacy and identity. Landscape History, 34(2), 5-26. https://doi.org/10.1080/01433768.2013.855393

This paper addresses the flora and fauna of Roman Britain via two long-lived and closely-related notions: the ‘Roman introduction’ and the ‘living legacy’. These concepts connect knowledge and beliefs about the introduction of new species during the... Read More about On Rome’s Ecological Contribution to British Flora and Fauna: landscape, legacy and identity.

(Sub)urban Surroundings (2013)
Book Chapter
Witcher, R. (2013). (Sub)urban Surroundings. In P. Erdkamp (Ed.), The Cambridge companion to Ancient Rome (205-225). Cambridge University Press

Ancient Roman writers such as Dionysius of Halicarnassus (4.13.4-5) observed the impossibility of locating the point at which Rome ceased and the countryside began. In contrast, modern guidebooks to the remains of the ancient city have less trouble,... Read More about (Sub)urban Surroundings.