Download or read book Res Rusticae (Country Matters) written by Marcus Terentius Varro and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2021-04-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 BC) wrote this work when he was 73 years old. He was a very learned man and had a wide knowledge in many different dfisciplines. He was also a revered Roman political figure. This work, Res Rusticae, is voluminous. He wrote it for his wife, Fundania. It is about the management of large slave-run estates.