Plants that Changed History
Hirtius Quote
By
Robb Vandaveer
Last updated: July 8, 2002
Credits: Grain [wheat, rye, and oats] photographs taken by Chelsie Vandaveer.
Description: The background image is an Egyptain wall painting dipicting individuals storing what appears to be grain in large clay urns. The three foreground objects are wheat, rye and oats.
The quote was taken from The Commentaries of Aulus Hirtius on the African War, published in the book of Caesar's Commentaries. Hirtius was a Roman historian and statesman. He was slain in a battle the year following the assination of his friend, the dictator Julius Caesar.
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