On Agriculture

Cato, CATO, Varro

Harvard University Press, 1934

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Cato’s second century BC De agricultura is our earliest complete Latin prose text, recommends farming for its security and profitability, and advises on management of labor and resources. Varro’s De re rustica is not a practical treatise but instruction, in dialogue form, about agricultural life meant for prosperous country gentlemen.

ISBN-13
9780674993136
ISBN-10
0674993136
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
1934
Publication date
1934-01-01
Pages
576
Dimensions
117 x 164 x 30
Weight
404