Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro
| Authors | Cato, Marcus Porcius Varro, Marcus Terentius Harrison, Fairfax |
| Series | Project Gutenberg [12140.0] |
| Tags | Literary Collections, Farm management -- Early works to 1800, Ancient & Classical, Catholic Land Movement, Gardening, General, Agriculture -- Early works to 1800, Business & Economics, Marcus Porcius Cato b. B.C.234 |
| Publisher | Project Gutenberg |
| Published | 01 gen 1918 |
| Date | 22 mar 2026 |
| Languages | eng |
| Identifiers | isbn: 9781532784682, oclc: 1550206851, uri: http://www.gutenberg.org/12140, google: Bu6uDAEACAAJ |
| Formats | EPUB |
Description
Roman Farming Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro is actually two books in one.
- The first, De Agri Cultura by ["moral conservative" Roman senator] Cato the Elder [who coined "Cathago delanda est!* " = "Cathage must be destroyed!"], was written in the 2nd century B.C. and is a very straightforward description of how a farm was run in that period.
- The second, more detailed Rerum rusticarum libri III by Varro was written in the 2nd century A.D. and is a much more detailed description of what is needed to run a profitable farm as a business. Both are invaluable windows into ancient farming during the Roman period.
St. Thomas Aquinas on John 3: "many Gentiles have acted with virtue; for example, Cato"
Q : I wonder of his senatorial orations exist? R. : Brittanica: "Of at least 150 speeches he published, only meagre fragments of about 80 survive."
cf. "Comment les saints ont civilisé l’Europe" Louis DE ROUVRAY, Le Sel de la terre n° 134.