Columella Res Rustica 1.4.9

ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner

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[9] Quod incohatur ¹aedificium, sicut salubri regione ita saluberrima parte regionis debet constitui. Nam circumfusus aer corruptus plurimas adfert corporibus nostris causasoffensarum.Suntquaedam loca, ²³⁴ quae solstitiis minus concalescunt, sed frigoribus hiemis intolerabiliter horrent, sicut Thebas ferunt Boeotias; sunt quae tepent hieme, sed aestate saevissime candent, ut adfirmant Euboicam Chalcidem.

Res Rustica. Columella. ed. Harrison Boyd Ash, ed. E. S. Forster, ed. Edward H. Heffner. London. 1941-1955.

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Res Rustica. Books I-IX (Columella. On agriculture, Volume 1-2. Ash, Harrison Boyd; Foster, Edward Seymour; Heffner, Edward H., editors. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1941.)

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Res Rustica

2. facultatium SA, Lundström.

3. delicatior.quamobrem amoenitate Ald., Gesn., Schn.

4. incohatur AaM: inchoatur S et R plerique, edd. omnes. a Consul in 74 B.C. Enriched by his campaigns against Mithridates, he became famous for his luxury and extravagance. He is said to have introduced the cherry (cerasus) into Italy from Cerasus in Pontus. b A famous jurist, contemporary with Lucullus; cf. Pliny, N.H. XVIII. 32.

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