The oldest surviving work of Latin prose is a treatise on this subject by Cato the Elder.
A treatise on this subject contains the earliest description of a suovitarilia ritual in which a pig, sheep, and bull were sacrificed for purification. A work called the Marcianus is commonly thought to be referenced by that treatise on this subject, as well as another one on it by Marcus Terentius Varro. This is the subject of a lost work which the Senate paid Decimus Junius Silanus to translate, which consisted of 28 books by a Carthaginian named Mago. This was the main subject of a work written by a man from Gades named (*) Columella. The oldest surviving work of Latin prose is a treatise on this subject by Cato the Elder. Output in this industry provided the primary income for most latifundia estates. For 10 points, identify this industry which provided the primary income of most of the Roman population.
A treatise on this subject contains the earliest description of a suovitarilia ritual in which a pig, sheep, and bull were sacrificed for purification.
agriculture [or farming; accept specific agricultural topics like wine growing]