De agri cultura
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De agri cultura is an early Latin prose work by Cato the Elder that serves as a practical manual on Roman agriculture, farm management, and rural life.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose work
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ancient Roman agricultural treatise ⓘ didactic literature ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | De agricultura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| approximateDateWritten | c. 160–150 BC ⓘ |
| author | Cato the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
advice on buying land
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advice on hiring and supervising overseers ⓘ instructions for farm buildings ⓘ instructions for olive groves ⓘ instructions for vineyard layout ⓘ lists of tools and equipment ⓘ religious and ritual prescriptions for farming ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 2nd century BC ⓘ |
| describes |
organization of a Roman villa rustica
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roles of the vilicus and vilica ⓘ seasonal work schedules ⓘ storage and processing of agricultural products ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
medium-sized slave-run estates
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profitable cash crops ⓘ |
| genre |
agricultural manual
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farm management guide ⓘ |
| hasLatinTitle | De agri cultura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalContext | late Roman Republic agrarian economy ⓘ |
| influenced |
Columella's De re rustica
NERFINISHED
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Palladius's Opus agriculturae NERFINISHED ⓘ Varro's De re rustica NERFINISHED ⓘ later Roman agricultural writers ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
concise and pragmatic
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non-rhetorical prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Roman agriculture
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estate management ⓘ farm management ⓘ livestock raising ⓘ olive cultivation ⓘ rural life ⓘ slavery in Roman agriculture ⓘ viticulture ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being the oldest surviving work of Latin prose
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insights into Roman social and economic history ⓘ practical instructions on running a Roman farm ⓘ prescriptive rules for treatment of slaves ⓘ recipes and instructions for food and wine production ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Latin ⓘ |
| preservedIn | medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| structure | collection of short, numbered sections ⓘ |
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