ВАРОНОВИ ТЕКСТОВИ ИЗ ПОЉОПРИВРЕДЕ У ВИЗАНТИЈСКОЈ ЕНЦИКЛОПЕДИЈИ ГЕОПОНИЦИ/VARRO’S TEXTS FROM AGRICULTURE IN BYZANTINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS GEOPONIKA/VARRO TEXTS FROM AGRICULTURE IN BYZANTINE ENCYCLOPEDIAS GEOPONIKA

The paper discusses Varro’s texts about agriculture included in the Byzantine encyclopedia on agriculture by the redactor. The paper gives a historical overview of the use of Varro’s texts from the end of the first century BC to the middle of the tenth century. The texts refer to the following topics: when and in what month should certain agricultural crops be grown, how can the land be cultivated, instructions for the production of grapes, wine, olives and artichokes, feathered fowls and cattle breeding and other animals. Based on centuries of using Varro’s texts on agriculture, there is an impression that these texts had great importance for the development of agricultural production not only in Rome but also the Byzantine Empire.