On agriculture
By: Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella. 2, Books V-IX / edited and translated by E.S. Forster and Edward H. Heffner.
Contributors: Forster, E. S. 1879-1950.; Heffner, Edward H.
Edition: Rev. and reprinted.
Series: The Loeb classical library -- 407
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 1968
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass; London
Language: eng; lat
Number of pages: 503
Work titles: De re rustica.
Description: 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.