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Some six years after his narrow escape from proscription in 43 bce, Marcus Terentius Varro, the “most learned” of the Romans, wrote a technical treatise on farming in the form of a satirico-philosophical dialogue. Grant A. Nelsestuen argues that far from simply being just another encyclopedic entry of a seemingly aloof antiquarian or offering an escapist’s retreat into

Title : Varro the Agronomist: Political Philosophy, Satire, and Agriculture in the Late Republic
Author : Grant A. Nelsestuen
Language : en
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