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Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Mago)

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One who has bought land should sell his town house so that he will have no desire to worship the household gods of the city rather than those of the country; the man who takes greater delight in his city residence will have no need of a country estate.
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Silanus's translation is lost, as is Mago's original, but through the translation Mago's work influenced the tradition of Roman agriculture. It is sometimes quoted by surviving Roman writers on farming. The following is a partial list of fragments:
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Mules sometimes foal in Africa. Mules and mares foal in the twelfth month after conception.
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As translated by Silanus, the work opened with general advice which is thus summarized by
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to translate it. At about the same period an adaptation into Greek was made by
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in 146 BC, the Carthaginian libraries were given to the kings of
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If buying a farm, sell your town house (see quotation above).
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Information on Mago with translation of selected fragments
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was an ancient Roman of the 2nd century BC. He was of
124:Getting bees from the carcass of a bullock or ox. 109:Preparing various grains and pulses for grinding. 471: 495:Latin writers known only from secondary sources 91:The most productive vineyards face north. 472: 127:The beekeeper should not kill drones. 13: 14: 526: 458: 215:Translation by Harrison Boyd Ash. 441: 428: 415: 402: 389: 372: 359: 346: 333: 320: 307: 288: 275: 248: 235: 218: 209: 162: 115:Notes on the health of cattle. 1: 130:How to preserve pomegranates. 155: 106:How to harvest marsh plants. 7: 143: 10: 531: 515:Old Latin-language writers 121:Notes on farmyard animals. 103:How to plant fruit trees. 262:3.15.3-5 and 5.5.4, cf. 258:17.80, 128; Columella, 112:How to select bullocks. 505:2nd-century BC writers 490:Translators from Punic 81: 17:Decimus Junius Silanus 510:2nd-century BC Romans 133:How to make the best 67: 23:and was an expert in 485:Translators to Latin 100:How to plant olives. 382:2.1.27; Columella, 200:1.1.10; Columella, 97:How to prune vines. 94:How to plant vines. 341:Naturalis Historia 328:Naturalis Historia 315:Naturalis Historia 298:17.93; Columella, 296:Naturalis Historia 256:Naturalis Historia 228:18.35; Columella, 226:Naturalis Historia 174:Naturalis Historia 38:'s destruction of 56:Cassius Dionysius 522: 452: 445: 439: 432: 426: 419: 413: 406: 400: 393: 387: 376: 370: 363: 357: 350: 344: 337: 331: 324: 318: 311: 305: 292: 286: 279: 273: 252: 246: 239: 233: 222: 216: 213: 207: 166: 530: 529: 525: 524: 523: 521: 520: 519: 470: 469: 461: 456: 455: 446: 442: 433: 429: 420: 416: 407: 403: 394: 390: 377: 373: 364: 360: 351: 347: 338: 334: 325: 321: 312: 308: 293: 289: 280: 276: 253: 249: 240: 236: 223: 219: 214: 210: 206:1.1.13, 12.4.2. 167: 163: 158: 146: 12: 11: 5: 528: 518: 517: 512: 507: 502: 497: 492: 487: 482: 468: 467: 460: 459:External links 457: 454: 453: 449:De Agricultura 440: 436:De Agricultura 427: 423:De Agricultura 414: 410:De Agricultura 401: 388: 384:De Agricultura 371: 358: 354:De Agricultura 345: 332: 319: 317:17.63-64, 131. 306: 287: 283:De Agricultura 274: 260:De Agricultura 247: 243:De Agricultura 234: 230:De Agricultura 217: 208: 203:De Agricultura 160: 159: 157: 154: 153: 152: 145: 142: 141: 140: 139:(raisin wine). 131: 128: 125: 122: 119: 116: 113: 110: 107: 104: 101: 98: 95: 92: 89: 80: 79: 76:De Agricultura 25:Punic language 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 527: 516: 513: 511: 508: 506: 503: 501: 498: 496: 493: 491: 488: 486: 483: 481: 478: 477: 475: 466: 463: 462: 450: 444: 437: 431: 424: 418: 411: 405: 398: 397:De Re Rustica 392: 385: 381: 380:De Re Rustica 375: 368: 367:De Re Rustica 362: 355: 349: 342: 336: 329: 323: 316: 310: 303: 302: 297: 291: 284: 278: 271: 270: 265: 261: 257: 251: 244: 238: 231: 227: 221: 212: 205: 204: 199: 198: 197:De Re Rustica 193: 189: 188: 183: 179: 176: 175: 170: 165: 161: 151: 148: 147: 138: 137: 132: 129: 126: 123: 120: 117: 114: 111: 108: 105: 102: 99: 96: 93: 90: 87: 86: 85: 77: 73: 72: 71: 66: 64: 59: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 32: 30: 26: 22: 18: 480:Junii Silani 448: 443: 435: 430: 422: 417: 409: 404: 396: 391: 383: 379: 374: 366: 361: 353: 348: 340: 335: 327: 322: 314: 309: 301:De Arboribus 299: 295: 290: 282: 277: 267: 259: 255: 250: 242: 237: 229: 225: 220: 211: 201: 195: 185: 180:, cf. 1.18; 172: 164: 150:Junia (gens) 134: 82: 75: 68: 60: 52:Roman Senate 33: 21:noble family 16: 15: 447:Columella, 434:Columella, 421:Columella, 408:Columella, 352:Columella, 330:21.110-112. 281:Columella, 241:Columella, 74:Columella, 474:Categories 272:2.348-353. 187:De Oratore 29:literature 500:Geoponici 343:18.97-98. 156:Footnotes 63:Columella 451:12.39.1. 438:12.46.5. 269:Georgics 144:See also 40:Carthage 425:9.15.3. 412:9.14.6. 399:3.2.13. 395:Varro, 386:6.37.3. 378:Varro, 369:2.5.18. 365:Varro, 339:Pliny, 326:Pliny, 313:Pliny, 304:4.10.1. 294:Pliny, 285:4.10.1. 254:Pliny, 245:3.12.5. 232:1.1.18. 224:Pliny, 190:1.249; 78:1.1.18. 44:Numidia 356:6.1.3. 264:Virgil 182:Cicero 177:18.22 136:passum 34:After 192:Varro 169:Pliny 48:Mago 36:Rome 27:and 476:: 266:, 194:, 184:, 171:, 65:: 58:. 31:.

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Information on Mago with translation of selected fragments
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