Uploaded June 2012 | Updated September 2026, 50 minutes ago
In this interview we chat to Dr Jane Draycott, who held a British School at Rome fellowship in 2011-12. She tells us about a conference she co-organised at the BSR in June 2012 on anatomical votives, and about her research project on 'The Gardens of Hygieia: the role of the Roman hortus in domestic medical practice'. We hear about some of the challenges involved in reconstructing Roman gardens, and learn some surprising facts about ancient greenhouses!
In this interview we chat to Dr Jane Draycott, who held a British School at Rome fellowship in 2011-12. She tells us about a conference she co-organised at the BSR in June 2012 on anatomical votives, and about her research project on 'The Gardens of Hygieia: the role of the Roman hortus in domestic medical practice'. We hear about some of the challenges involved in reconstructing Roman gardens, and learn some surprising facts about ancient greenhouses!
