Editing Agriculture in ancient Rome (section)

===Legumes===
Of [[legumes]], Columella lists some that are preferred for cultivation: [[lentil]]s, [[pea]]s, ''[[lupinus]]'', [[bean]]s, [[cowpea]]s, and [[chickpea]]s (also listing [[sesame]], ''[[panicum]]'', [[cannabis]], [[barley]], and millet as legumes).<ref>Columella, ''De re Rustica'', 2.7.1</ref> 

He writes the following about ''lupinus'':<ref>Columella, ''De re Rustica'', 2.10.1</ref>
<blockquote>...it requires the least labor, costs least, and of all crops that are sown is most beneficial to the land. For it affords an excellent fertilizer for worn out vineyards and ploughlands; it flourishes even in exhausted soil; and it endures age when laid away in the granary. When softened by boiling it is good fodder for cattle during the winter; in the case of humans, too, it serves to warn off famine if years of crop failures come upon them.</blockquote>