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Columella

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Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (, Arabic: Yunius: 12 ) was a prominent Roman writer on agriculture in the Roman Empire. His De re rustica in twelve volumes has been completely preserved and forms an important source on Roman agriculture, together with the works of Cato the Elder and Marcus Terentius Varro, both of which he occasionally cites. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Columella has received more than 329,852 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Columella is the 609th most popular writer (up from 648th in 2019), the 177th most popular biography from Spain (up from 202nd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Spanish Writer.

The columella is most famous for its role in the formation of the nasal septum.

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  • 330k

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  • 65.47

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.83

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.30

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

L. Ivni Moderati Colvmellae Opera qvae exstant recensvit Vilelmvs Lundström
1897
De re rustica
Agriculture, Didactic poetry, Latin, Early works to 1800
1900
Les arbres
Early works to 1800, Viticulture, Fruit-culture
1986
On agriculture, with a recension of the text and an English translation by Harrison Boyd Ash
Early works to 1800, Agriculture
1941
On Agriculture, With a Recension of the Text and an English Translation by Harrison Boyd Ash
2015
Columella
1941
L. Junius Moderatus Columella of Husbandry : In Twelve Books
2018
L. Iuni Moderati Columellae opera quae exstant
1897
Landwirtschaft
2014
On Agriculture, with a Recension of the Text and an English Translation by Harrison Boyd Ash; Volume 1
2018
Columella
1941
De re rustica
Agriculture, Didactic poetry, Latin, Early works to 1800
1900

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Columella ranks 609 out of 7,302. Before him are Pierre Loti, Dimitrie Cantemir, Erich Kästner, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, John Irving, and Elisabeth of Wied. After him are Alexander Herzen, Stieg Larsson, Madame Roland, Ferenc Molnár, Anton Makarenko, and Dietrich Eckart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 4, Columella ranks 1. After him is Daemusin of Goguryeo. Among people deceased in 70, Columella ranks 3. Before him are Andrew the Apostle, and Jude the Apostle. After him are Emperor Suinin, Yohanan ben Zakkai, and Simon bar Giora.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Columella ranks 177 out of 3,355. Before him are Henry II of Castile (1334), Abraham ibn Ezra (1089), Judah Halevi (1079), Martin of Aragon (1356), Alfonso II of Aragon (1157), and Enrique Granados (1867). After him are Penélope Cruz (1974), Leo Africanus (1494), Tirso de Molina (1579), Luis Carrero Blanco (1904), Philip, Duke of Parma (1720), and Peter II of Aragon (1174).

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Among WRITERS In Spain

Among writers born in Spain, Columella ranks 17. Before him are Martial (40), Juan Ramón Jiménez (1881), Henry IV of Castile (1425), Francisco de Quevedo (1584), Gaius Julius Hyginus (-64), and Judah Halevi (1079). After him are Leo Africanus (1494), Tirso de Molina (1579), Camilo José Cela (1916), Matilde Camus (1919), Joseph of Anchieta (1534), and Jacinto Benavente (1866).

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