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.

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De agri cultura canonical 4
De Agri Cultura 1
De agricultura 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose work ⓘ
ancient Roman agricultural treatise ⓘ
didactic literature ⓘ
alsoKnownAs De agricultura ⓘ
linked to: De agri cultura
approximateDateWritten c. 160–150 BC ⓘ
author Cato the Elder ⓘ
contains advice on buying land ⓘ
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 ⓘ
dateWritten 2nd century BC ⓘ
describes organization of a Roman villa rustica ⓘ
roles of the vilicus and vilica ⓘ
seasonal work schedules ⓘ
storage and processing of agricultural products ⓘ
focusesOn medium-sized slave-run estates ⓘ
profitable cash crops ⓘ
genre agricultural manual ⓘ
farm management guide ⓘ
hasLatinTitle De agri cultura ⓘ
historicalContext late Roman Republic agrarian economy ⓘ
influenced Columella's De re rustica ⓘ
Palladius's Opus agriculturae ⓘ
Varro's De re rustica ⓘ
later Roman agricultural writers ⓘ
literaryStyle concise and pragmatic ⓘ
non-rhetorical prose ⓘ
mainSubject Roman agriculture ⓘ
estate management ⓘ
farm management ⓘ
livestock raising ⓘ
olive cultivation ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
slavery in Roman agriculture ⓘ
viticulture ⓘ
notableFor being the oldest surviving work of Latin prose ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cato the Elder → notableWork → De agri cultura ⓘ
Luigi Alamanni → notableWork → La Coltivazione ⓘ
linked to: De agri cultura
Cato the Elder → wroteWork → De agri cultura ⓘ
subject linked to: Cato Major
Cato the Elder → notableWork → De agri cultura ⓘ
subject linked to: Cato Major
De agri cultura → hasLatinTitle → De agri cultura ⓘ
De agri cultura → alsoKnownAs → De agricultura ⓘ
linked to: De agri cultura
Cato the Elder → authored → De Agri Cultura ⓘ
subject linked to: Cato
linked to: De agri cultura