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On agricultureBook 1960 • Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus & Ash, Harrison Boyd
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
The Res Rustica, is the most comprehensive and systematic of all treaties of Roman writers on agricultural affairs: (p. xvii). The extant manuscript is composed of 12 books. This source contains the first four (7 and 8: Columella contain the others)....On agricultureBook 1968 • Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus et al.
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This source is a continuation of 6: Columella. It contains Books V-IX of the Res Rustica. Book V covers land measurement, the number of plants to set on a piece of land, further information on vineyards, and information on other trees, especially oli...On agriculture and treesBook 1968 • Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus et al.
Imperial Romans • Europe > Southern Europe
This document is the final volume of Columellas Res Rustica (the earlier portions of which are included in Columella (1960) and Columella (1976)). It contains Books X-XII, plus the text of what is thought to be an earlier book, On Trees, most of whos...