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Cato on Farming
De Agriculture
- Translated by
- Andrew Dalby
1998
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The first recipes to have survived in Latin, from the 2nd century BC, it is a particularly important resource. Cato wrote the earliest surviving complete work of Latin prose literature. It was this treatise: a book of instruction about the cultivation of vines, olives and fruit, the management of slaves and contract labour, the rituals consequent on ownership and even cookery for humans and the pharmacy.
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How to Win an Election
An Ancient Guide for Modern Politicians
- Translated by
- Philip Freeman
- Series -
- Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers
2012
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(Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)
2006
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Selections from Latin Literature
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