Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus
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- 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
- URN:
- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0845.phi001
- Word Count:
- 6689 Click here for Work record
- URN:
- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0845.phi002
- Word Count:
- 120400 Click here for Work record