Cato on Farming

De Agriculture

Nonfiction, Food & Drink, Food Writing
Cover of the book Cato on Farming by Marcus Cato, Marion Boyars
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Author: Marcus Cato ISBN: 9781909248069
Publisher: Marion Boyars Publication: December 12, 1998
Imprint: Marion Boyars Language: English
Author: Marcus Cato
ISBN: 9781909248069
Publisher: Marion Boyars
Publication: December 12, 1998
Imprint: Marion Boyars
Language: English

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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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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