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agricultural writers
M. Stephen Spurr
Agricultural manuals, written by practising landowners, flourished at Rome from M. *Porcius Cato (1) (c.160 bce) to *Palladius (c.Mid 5th cent. ce), enjoying higher status than other technical ...
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Albinus (2), writer on music, geometry, and dialectic
Edward Courtney and R. A. Kaster
Albinus (2) writer on music, geometry, and dialectic, probably identical with Ceionius Rufius Albinus (PLRE 1 ‘Albinus’ 14), the consul of ce 335, and perhaps with the poet of works ...
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Athenaeus (2) Mechanicus
Eric William Marsden
Athenaeus (2) Mechanicus, author of an extant work on siege-engines (Περὶ μηχανημάτων; see
Pliny (1) the Elder, 23/24–79 CE
Nicholas Purcell
Gaius Plinius Secundus, prominent Roman equestrian, from Novum *Comum in Gallia Cisalpina (see gaul (cisalpine)), commander of the fleet at *Misenum, and uncle of *Pliny (2) the Younger, best known ...
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Pompeius Trogus
Alexander Hugh McDonald and Antony Spawforth
Trogus Pompeius, a Romanized Vocontian from Gallia Narbonensis (see gaul (transalpine)), author of zoological, and perhaps botanical works, now lost, and the Philippic Histories (Historiae ...
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Ravenna Cosmographer (Anonymus Ravennas)
Natalia Lozovsky
Ravenna Cosmographer is an anonymous author of a Latin compilation commonly dated to the late 600s to early 700s. The Cosmographer describes the inhabited world, beginning with some ...
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