vine-cultivating

Updated: May 17, 2025

While it is probable that the Indo-Germans led a pastoral life and were acquainted with the cereals, if at all, only in their wild state, all indications point to the conclusion that the Graeco-Italians were a grain-cultivating, perhaps even a vine-cultivating, people.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

While it is probable that the Indo-Germans led a pastoral life and were acquainted with the cereals, if at all, only in their wild state, all indications point to the conclusion that the Graeco-Italians were a grain-cultivating, perhaps even a vine-cultivating, people.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book I : The Period Anterior to the Abolition of the Monarchy