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Noted for being the most extensive piece of early Latin prose, it
abounds in archaic imperatives and shows an almost total lack of
subordinate clauses. Its subject matter is the pedestrian business
of managing a Roman farm in the second century BC. The simplicity,
however, may be only partially genuine. For Cato had a strong
political and social agenda, based on the rejection of foreign,
i.e., Greek, influences and the fostering of traditional Roman
values, for which the persona of the plain rustic speaker may have
proved useful. (Summary by malone)
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