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to translate it into Latin. Whether Cassius Dionysius worked independently, or on the basis of Silanus's work, is not known; however, his residence in Utica, in formerly Carthaginian north Africa, leads to the suggestion that he knew Punic as well as Greek and Latin.
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Cassius Dionysius's compilation is occasionally cited by later authors, but its length rendered it unpopular. It was soon afterwards abridged by
77:("On Farming"), an amount equivalent to eight books of Cassius Dionysius' work, two-fifths of the whole, was translated from a preceding work in 359: 148: 90: 344: 354: 319: 349: 329: 324: 314: 85:. After Rome's destruction of Carthage in 146 BC, the Carthaginian libraries were given to the kings of 82: 169: 35: 60:("Agriculture"); it was divided into twenty books, and was dedicated by its author to the Roman 27: 187: 121:
Mules sometimes foal in Africa. Mules and mares foal in the twelfth month after conception.
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The following is a partial list of fragments of Cassius Dionysius' work:
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Greek names of the winds and their importance to the farmer.
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Utica
Ancient Greek
nomen
cognomen
gens Cassia
praetor
Columella
De Agricultura
Punic
Mago
Numidia
Decimus Junius Silanus
Roman Senate
Diophanes of Nicaea
leeks
Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, §14.59
Pliny
Naturalis Historia

Cicero
De Oratore
Varro
De Re Rustica
De Agricultura
Geoponica
Athenaeus
Deipnosophistae
Categories
Translators to Greek
Translators from Punic

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