Columella Res Rustica 8.16.5

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

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[5] Ac tamen iisdem temporibus, quibus hanc memorabat Varro luxuriem, maxime laudabatur severitas Catonis, qui nihilo minus et ipse tutor Luculli grandi aere ¹²³⁴⁵ sestertium⁶milium quadringentorum piscinas pupilli sui venditabat. Iam enim celebres erant deliciae popinales, cum ad mare deferrentur ⁷vivaria, quorum studiosissimi, velut ante devictarum gentium Numantinus et Isauricus, ita Sergius Orata, et Licinius Muraena captorum piscium laetabantur vocabulis.

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. ut edd.: et ac: om. SA.

2. avorum ac: quorum SA.

3. luxuriosi scripsi: luxuriose SAa: luxuriosissime c.

4. nebulus ac: nebullus SA.

5. minthon ac: mintho SA. a The Lago di Piedi di Luco in Umbria. b The Lago Braeciano about 35 miles N.W. of Rome. c The Lago di Bolseno about 70 miles N.W. of Rome. d The Lago di Vico near Viturbo about 45 miles N.W. of Rome.

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