De Agri Cultura
On Agriculture
Author
Language
Year
c. 160 BC
Country
Roman Republic
Genre
Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise
ancient world
graeco-roman
De agri cultura, also known as On Farming or On Agriculture, is a treatise on Roman agriculture by Cato the Elder. It is the oldest surviving work of Latin prose. Cato was revered by many later authors for his practical attitudes, his natural stoicism and his tight, lucid prose. He is much quoted by Pliny the Elder, for example, in his Naturalis Historia.Wikipedia →
