Columella (Lucius Iunius Moderatus) of Gades (Cadiz) lived in the reigns of the first emperors to about 70 CE. He moved early in life to Italy where he owned farms and lived near Rome. It is probable that he did military service in Syria and Cilicia and that he died at Tarentum. Columella's "On Agr[...]
Columella (first century CE) included Cato and Varro among many sources for On Agriculture, but his personal experience was paramount. Written in prose except for the hexameters on horticulture of Book 10, the work is richly informative about country life in first century CE Italy.[...]
Columellas "Tolv böcker om lantbruk" presenteras här för första gången på svenska. Hans kunskaper tillämpas i många fall fortfarande, inte minst är hans kunskaper om växter och deras användning imponerande. Förutom växtodling och husdjursskötsel beskriver Columella även trädgårdssk�[...]