account of the foundation and history of Rome and goes on to describe Italy and other
regions of the three known parts of the world. Solinus emphasizes wonders and marvels
and records much of the lore on monstrous races, and unusual animals and plants that
passed on to the Middle Ages. The Collectanea was widely read in the following centuries (at
least 350 MSS survive) and used as a source for compilations on geography, ethnography,
and natural philosophy.
Ed.: Th. Mommsen, C. Iulii Solini Collectanea rerum memorabilium (1895; repr. 1958).
RE 10.1 (1918) 823–838 (#492), E. Diehl; KP 5.260–261, Kl. Sallmann; TTE 566 – 567, Z.R.W.M. von
Martels; OCD3 786, E.H. Warmington.
Natalia Lozovsky
Iulius Titianus (145 – 175 CE)
Among other works, wrote a description (chorographia) of the provinces of the Roman
Empire, cited by Seruius, Ad Aen. 4.22, 11.651, and by G T, on Aetna.
NP 12/1.628 (Titianus #1), M. Zelzer.
PTK
Iunia/Iounias (30 BCE? – 80 CE)
O, Ecl. Med. 136.3 (CMG 6.2.2, p. 299), from A, preserves Iounias’
two recipes for mammary abscesses, using litharge and psimuthion, frankincense and
“Kolopho ̄n” resin (cf. G, CMGen 2.2 [13.475 K.]), in olive oil and chicken fat.
P, in A A 16.37 (Zervos 1901: 55), preserves fuller versions of
the pair, adding flour, linseed oil, and beeswax. The name ΙΟΥΝΙΑΣ is otherwise
unattested (LGPN, Solin 2003), and the genitive ΙΟΥΝΙΑ∆ΟΣ found in Oreibasios and
Aëtios is unexpected (contrast A, A, H, and H, e.g.). Perhaps
emendable to ΙΟΥΝΙΑ[∆Ο]Σ, i.e., Iuniae. (Cf. Epp in Dunaux, ed., New Testament Textual
Criticism and Exegesis, 2002, pp. 227–292.)
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PTK
L. Iunius Moderatus Columella of Gade ̄s (ca 40 – ca 70 CE)
Born 4 CE; acquaintance of S and his brother Gallio. To an unknown P. Siluinus
he addressed De re rustica, a systematic treatment of agriculture, in 12 books: siting of
property, labor force (1), cereal crops (2), viticulture and fruit-trees (3–5), animals and their
care (6–7), poultry and bees (8–9), horticulture (10, hexameters, after V), manager’s
duties, astronomical and meteorological calendar (11), household duties, preservation of
produce (12). Rustic enterprise requires technical knowledge, resources for investment,
willingness to work (1.1.1). Financial profit is compared to interest on loans; Columella’s
attitude anticipates capitalism. He describes an intensive system with slave labor, integrating
field crops with animal husbandry, yet deplores absentee landlords and comments on land
leasing by coloni. Among numerous literary sources are the Carthaginian Mago, C,
C C, especially Vergil’s Georgics. He criticizes earlier and contemporary
writers on philosophical views and specific techniques (in turn he is criticized by his con-
temporary P). His uncle was an experimental farmer in Baetica; he reports practices
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