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Cato: On Farming / De Agri Cultura [Paperback]

Andrew Dalby (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1998

Cato's On Farming is the oldest surviving example of Latin prose, dating to the 2nd century BC. It is a book of instruction about the cultivation of vines, olives and fruit, the management of slaves and contract labour, cookery and medicine. This is the first translation for over sixty years; the Latin is printed as a parallel text. The book contains an introduction and several illustrations placing Cato and his writing in context.

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Paperback: 242 pages
Publisher: Prospect Books (August 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0907325807
ISBN-13: 978-0907325802
Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 11 ounces

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As someone who has always been fascinated with Roman history (blame it, or credit it, on Asterix titles!), I took classes on Roman social and imperial history at school and wrote two term papers on this title. If you want a primary source that brings a facet of Roman society to life, this treatise on how to run a farm, including how to treat your slaves, resolve disputes, bury your amphorae of olive oil, is an incredible document that pulls you right into the considerations and point-of-view of a Roman farmer from more than two thousand years ago.

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