title: Appetite for Mazzards: Referencing History in the Pliny’s HN 15. 102
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metadata.value: Kołoczek, Bartosz Jan
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metadata.value: 2022-10-06T14:55:20Z
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metadata.value: 2022-10-06T14:55:20Z
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metadata.value: Kołoczek B. J. Appetite for Mazzards: Referencing History in the Pliny’s HN 15. 102. Philologia Classica 2022, 17 (1), 190–197. https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2022.115
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2022.115
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metadata.value: The following analysis concerns Pliny’s excursus on mazzard (sweet cherry) cultivation in
  Rome in the Book 15 of the Historia naturalis. Pliny links their introduction and spread to the
  conquests of the Roman army under the command of illustrious general and bon vivant L. Licinius
  Lucullus. The confrontation of Pliny’s narrative with other sources, as well as with the
  findings of contemporary researchers, indicate that Lucullus could not have been the first discoverer
  of the mazzard and the chronological information Pliny gives should be treated with
  special caution. Most relevantly, Athenaeus of Naucratis invoked the same tradition, according
  to which Lucullus was also the author of the name of the mazzard (Greek κεράσια, Latin
  cerasia), to mock the tendency of the Romans to attribute Greek achievements to themselves.
  Pliny’s embellished argument, however, aligns perfectly with his Romanocentric and imperialist
  world picture. As an eminent historian, naturalist and official of the Roman Empire, he
  used certain passages in his immense encyclopaedia as a departure point to present idealistically
  the successes of the Roman army and its culture-forming role. In this context, Pliny’s
  description of the discovery and spread of mazzard cultivation serves as another illustration
  of the genius of the Romans and the power of their empire.
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  following article was created as a result of the research project PRELUDIUM 9, financed by the National
  Science Centre, Poland (no. 2015/17/ N/HS3/00014). The paper is a modified and expanded version of the
  author’s research outcomes presented in a dispersed form in his doctoral dissertation, published in Polish
  as Historia w rzymskiej literaturze erudycyjnej: Od Warrona do Kassjodora [History in Roman Erudite Literature.
  From Varro to Cassiodorus] (Kraków 2019). Translation of the presented paper into English was
  financed from the resources of the Priority Research Area “Heritage” of the Jagiellonian University within
  the framework of the “Excellence Initiative — Research University” programme. The author is supported by
  the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP).
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metadata.value: en
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 17; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Pliny the Elder
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metadata.value: Natural History
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Roman History
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Roman historical exempla
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metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Appetite for Mazzards: Referencing History in the Pliny’s HN 15. 102
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metadata.value: Article
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