Cassianus Bassus
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Cassianus Bassus, called Scholasticus (lawyer) was one of the geoponici
— the group of writers on agricultural subjects
.
He lived at the end of the 6th or the beginning of the 7th century. He compiled from earlier writers a collection of agricultural literature; the principal source was Vindonius Anatolius
. Dedicated to his son Bassus, his work was entitled Eklogai peri georgias ("Selections on farming"); the usual Latin
version of this title is Eclogae de re rustica.
The original Greek
text of Cassianus Bassus has been lost, but some of the contents have survived as part of a collection entitled Geoponica
, completed about the year 950 and dedicated to the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. In addition, a 7th century Middle Persian
translation and two different Arabic language
translations of respectively the 8th and 9th century have also survived.
Geoponici
Geoponici , or Scriptores rei rusticae, the Greek and Roman writers on husbandry and agriculture. On the whole the Greeks paid less attention than the Romans to the scientific study of these subjects, which in classical times they regarded as a branch of economics...
— the group of writers on agricultural subjects
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
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He lived at the end of the 6th or the beginning of the 7th century. He compiled from earlier writers a collection of agricultural literature; the principal source was Vindonius Anatolius
Vindonius Anatolius
Vindonius Anatolius of Beirut was a Greek author of the 4th century, and may be identical with the praetor of the Praetorian prefect of Illyricum mentioned by Ammianus Marcellinus....
. Dedicated to his son Bassus, his work was entitled Eklogai peri georgias ("Selections on farming"); the usual Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
version of this title is Eclogae de re rustica.
The original Greek
Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
text of Cassianus Bassus has been lost, but some of the contents have survived as part of a collection entitled Geoponica
Geoponica
The Geoponica is a twenty-book collection of agricultural lore, compiled during the 10th century in Constantinople for the Byzantine emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus...
, completed about the year 950 and dedicated to the emperor Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus. In addition, a 7th century Middle Persian
Middle Persian
Middle Persian , indigenously known as "Pârsig" sometimes referred to as Pahlavi or Pehlevi, is the Middle Iranian language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well. Middle Persian is classified as a...
translation and two different Arabic language
Arabic language
Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...
translations of respectively the 8th and 9th century have also survived.