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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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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
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Mules sometimes foal in Africa. Mules and mares foal in the twelfth month after conception.
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34:) was an ancient Greek agricultural writer of the 2nd century BC. The Roman
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The following is a partial list of fragments of
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Greek names of the winds and their importance to the farmer.
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360:Republican era slaves and freedmen
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149:Athenaeus, Deipnosophists, §14.59
115:How to select labourers for hire.
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124:Notes on farmyard animals.
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93:was commissioned by the
355:2nd-century BC writers
320:Translators from Punic
91:Decimus Junius Silanus
350:2nd-century BC Romans
330:Ancient Greek writers
325:Writers of lost works
315:Translators to Greek
32:Διονύσιος ὁ Ἰτυκαῖος
263:2.1.27; Columella,
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165:Naturalis Historia
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309:Categories
178:De Oratore
335:Geoponici
290:Athenaeus
221:Geoponica
136:Footnotes
69:Columella
48:Dionysius
58:Georgika
44:cognomen
280:3.2.13.
276:Varro,
267:6.37.3.
259:Varro,
246:Varro,
237:1.17.3.
233:Varro,
210:1.1.10.
181:1.249;
87:Numidia
62:praetor
40:Cassius
340:Cassii
173:Cicero
168:18.22
298:648e.
250:1.38.
224:1.11.
183:Varro
160:Pliny
129:leeks
79:Punic
36:nomen
24:Utica
83:Mago
81:by
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