Excerpt from History of Rome, and of the Roman People, From Its Origin to the Invasion of the Barbarians, Vol. 2: Section II
Cato places this kind of property in the sixth rank, and classes above it vineyards, olive-trees, and grass-lands. These latter became more extensive every year, for the reason that the holders of public lands having no real ownership, were not willing to build or plant, and because, moreover, the return was very considerable. The pas tures supported a great number of sheep, furnishing wool of which all garments were made, milk, cheese, and lambs, which, with pork, made then, as now, the staple of the Italian cuisine for fete-days.
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