Columella Res Rustica 7.2.2

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

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[2] Quibusdam vero nationibus frumenti expertibus victum commodat, ex quo Nomadum Getarumque plurimi γαλακτοπόται dicuntur. Igitur id pecus, quamvis mollissimum sit, ut ait prudentissime Celsus, valetudinis tutissimae est, minimeque pestilentia laborat. Verum tamen eligendum est ad ¹²³⁴ naturam loci: quod semper observari non solum in hoc, sed etiam in tota ruris disciplina Vergilius praecipit, eum ait: Nec vero terrae ferre omnes omnia possunt.

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

1. pecorũ SA1.

2. omnem SA1.

3. vehere ed. pr.: e vere S: vere A.

4. huius S: om. AR. a Vergil, Georg. I. 273 ff. b I.e. the mule, treated in Book VI. Chapters XXXVI-XXXVIII. c A tribe living north of the lower course of the Danube.

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