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SUMMARY:Conquering the world through plants: kings and botany in the Graec
 o-Roman world - Laurence Totelin (Department of History and Philosophy of 
 Science)
DTSTART:20070129T130000Z
DTEND:20070129T141500Z
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CONTACT:David Allan Feller
DESCRIPTION:\nCome hear Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellow Laurence Totelin desc
 ribe the role botany played in the creation of the Greek and Roman empires
 .  Botany was a surprising and powerful force in Greek and Roman antiquity
 .  The search for plants valuable for both agricultural and medicinal purp
 oses could drive rulers so seek out and acquire new lands\; frankincense a
 nd myrrh are classically described as the spoils of conquest\, and success
 ful empire building was reflected in botanical trophies and expanded econo
 mic resources.  Yet plants could be equally damaging to the thrones of kin
 gs\, including Attalus Philometor\, Mithradiates\, and Juba\, who spent to
 o much time cultivating their herb gardens and lost their empires to the R
 omans in the process! \n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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