https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/7d072b6972/Recent content in Mytilene on Gardens of the Roman EmpireHugoen-usThu, 01 Oct 2026 10:51:43 -0400https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/13d354311c/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://roman-gardens.github.io/id/13d354311c/<h2 id="dates">Dates</h2> <p>unspecified <!--late third/early fourth century CE (?), see below--></p> <h2 id="excavation-dates">Excavation Dates</h2> <p>unspecified</p> <h2 id="garden-description">Garden Description</h2> <p>Gardens, vineyards and olive groves in the territory of Mytilene are known from a list on a Roman marble inscription that has survived in several fragments (<a href="https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/74736?&amp;bookid=19&amp;location=1820" target="_blank">IG XII.2 76-80</a>). The inscription records an apparent census of property taken at an unknown date <!--PHI dates inscription to 285-305 CE-->. Although vineyards and olive groves are the dominant type of rural property, several gardens are listed in <a href="https://epigraphy.packhum.org/text/74737?bookid=19&amp;location=1820" target="_blank">Fragment 78b</a>, some of them recorded as being near a house, or located in a particular spot, or as belonging to a named individual.</p> <!-- ## Maps <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/asia/mytilene/filename.jpg" alt="" onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> --> <!-- ## Plans <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/asia/mytilene/filename.jpg" alt="" onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> --> <!-- ## Images <figure> <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/roman-gardens/gre-images/main/content/place/asia/mytilene/filename.jpg" alt="" onclick="fullscreen(this)"> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> --> <h2 id="bibliography">Bibliography</h2> <ul> <li>Paton, W.R. 1899. <em>Inscriptiones Graecae XII, 2: Inscriptiones Lesbi, Nesi, Tenedi</em>, Berlin. <a href="https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb12018955?q=%CE%B8%CE%AD%CF%89&amp;page=46,47" target="_blank">(MZD)</a></li> </ul> <h2 id="keywords">Keywords</h2> <ul> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=groves">groves (plant communities)</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300008884" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300008884</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=vineyards">vineyards</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300000248" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300000248</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=olive trees">olive trees</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/610675-1" title="Plants of the World Online (Kew)">POWO:610675-1</a>) </li> <li> <a href="https://roman-gardens.github.io/search/?q=inscriptions">inscriptions</a> (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300028702" title="Art and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)">AAT:300028702</a>) </li> </ul> <!-- ## Places - (<a class="id" target="_blank" href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/places" title="Pleiades gazetteer of ancient places">Pleiades:</a>) <br> -->