Agricola


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A·gric·o·la

 (ə-grĭk′ə-lə), Gnaeus Julius ad 40-93.
Roman soldier and politician who as governor of Britain (77-84) brought most of its inhabitants under Roman control. He also circumnavigated Britain, thereby discovering it to be an island.
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Agricola

(əˈɡrɪkələ)
n
(Biography) Gnaeus Julius (ˈniːəs ˈdʒuːlɪəs) 40–93 ad, Roman general; governor of Britain who advanced Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth
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A•gric•o•la

(əˈgrɪk ə lə)

n.
Gnae•us Julius (ˈni əs) A.D. 37–93, Roman general: governor of Britain.
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Noun1.Agricola - Roman general who was governor of Britain and extended Roman rule north to the Firth of Forth (37-93)
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Symons of "Johannes Agricola" and "Porphyria's Lover"--
Robertson, than if the genuine words of Caractacus, Agricola, or Alfred the Great."
A very agricola laboriosus was I to travellers bound westward through Lincoln and Wayland to nobody knows where; they sitting at their ease in gigs, with elbows on knees, and reins loosely hanging in festoons; I the home-staying, laborious native of the soil.
Por tal motivo, el Estado debe desarrollar estrategias para impulsar el sector agricola y contribuir con la seguridad agroalimentaria de todos los ciudadanos, la cual ademas se puede lograr mediante el desarrollo de la agroindustria, la importacion de aquellos bienes que no se producen en el pais o su oferta es insuficiente, para de esta forma, garantizar el acceso satisfactorio a las disponibilidades de alimentos seguros e inocuos.
A insercao na atividade economica (agricola e nao agricola) das mulheres e homens dos tipos de familias rurais foi analisada com base nas seguintes variaveis: setor de atividade e rendimento na ocupacao principal.