Columella

Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella (4 – 70 AD) was a famous Roman writer on agriculture.^[1] His De re rustica forms an important source on agriculture of Roman Empire. A genus of the Peruvian asterid Columellia was named in his honor.^[2]

Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella
Portrait of Lucius Junius Moderatus Columella from Jean de Tournes, Insignium aliquot virorum icones, Lyon, 1559
Born	4 AD Gades, Hispania Baetica
Died	c. 70 AD
Citizenship	Roman
Notable works	De re rustica

Statue of Columella, holding a sickle and an ox-yoke, in the Plaza de las Flores, Cádiz