Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus
- Textgroups:
- phi0845
- CITE id:
- urn:cite:perseus:author.394
- Phi id:
- phi0845
- Stoa id:
- stoa0094
- Alt id:
- n80056875
- Name:
- Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus
- Abbr:
- Col.
- Alt names:
- L. Iunius Moderatus Columella
L. Junius Moderatus Columella
Columelle
Columela, Lucio Junio Moderato
Kolumella, Lucjusz Juniusz Moderatus
Col.
- Field of activity:
- Agricultural Writer
- Notes:
- His Les arbres, 1986: t.p. (Columelle)
His O rolnictwie, 1991- : v. 1, pt. 1-6 (Lucjusz Juniusz Moderatus
Kolumella)
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1,
1867, p. 814-815: "Columella, is known to us as the most voluminous and important of all the
Roman writers upon rural affairs...With the exception of Cassiodorus, Servius, and Isidorus
scarcely any of the ancient grammarians notice Columella, whose works lay long
concealed...."
Brill's New Pauly: "L. Iunius Moderatus C. came from Gades in the
Baetica (Columella 8,16,9
7,2,4) and belonged to the ordo equester....C.'s main work, De re
rustica, offers a comprehensive depiction of Roman agriculture
C. uses earlier authors and
writings extensively, including the Carthaginian Mago, Cato, the handbook of Cornelius
Celsus and not least the Georgica of Virgil, whom C. took seriously as a technical
writer...."Christmann, Eckhard (Heidelberg). "Columella." Brill's New Pauly. Antiquity
volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and Helmuth Schneider . Brill, 2009. Brill Online
- Author info:
- Wikipedia
- Smith's Dictionary
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