Mago the Agronomist

𐤌𐤂𐤍 (Known as "Mago of Carthage")

Agronomist, Agricultural Scientist, Author of the Agricultural Encyclopedia of Carthage

Born c. 300 BCE

Carthage, Tunisia

Passed Away c. 240 BCE Carthage, Tunisia

Lifespan ~60 years old

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"He who buys land should sell his town house, lest he become a visitor upon his own soil."

Archival Overview

Master Carthaginian agricultural scientist whose 28-volume farming encyclopedia was so revered that the Roman Senate ordered it translated into Latin as the sole Carthaginian work preserved after the destruction of 146 BCE.

Biographical Record

Mago was a high-ranking Carthaginian nobleman whose comprehensive treatise on estate management, viticulture, olive cultivation, veterinary science, and irrigation synthesized centuries of Punic agricultural expertise across the fertile Medjerda valley.

When Rome razed Carthage in 146 BCE, Roman senators commanded that while other Punic libraries were gifted to Numidian princes, Mago's twenty-eight books be officially translated into Latin by Decimus Silanus, becoming the authoritative textbook of Roman agronomists Varro and Columella.

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Final Resting Place

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Punic Byrsa Necropolis
Carthage, Tunisia

                         GPS: 36.8528, 10.3242                    

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