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Agricola - A Study of Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World from the Point of View of Labour (Paperback)
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Agricola - A Study of Agriculture and Rustic Life in the Greco-Roman World from the Point of View of Labour (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics
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William Emerton Heitland (1847 1935) was a Cambridge classicist,
who was described as having 'a passionate desire to attain the
truth'. His most distinguished work, Agricola, published in 1921,
is a detailed study of agricultural labour in classical times. He
makes use of a wide range of sources, from Homer in the eighth
century BCE to Apollinaris Sidonius in the fifth century CE. In
asking the question, by whom and under what conditions was the work
done, he deals with land tenure, taxation, military service and
political theory. He argues that changes in agricultural production
were necessarily connected to changes in other areas of society. To
a large extent, classical agriculture was based on slavery, and
even those who were free tenants had limited legal rights. Roman
poets such as Virgil idealised the pastoral life, but may not
reflect reality. It is an important sourcebook for social and
economic history.
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