Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus

Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella was a Roman writer on agriculture of the 1st century CE, originally from southern Spain. He is the author of 'On Agriculture' (the 'De re rustica'), the most detailed and systematic farming manual to survive from antiquity, covering crops, livestock, vines, orchards, and estate management, with one book on gardening written in verse. His work is a major source for Roman rural life and practice.