Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Arātrum

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（ἄροτρον). A plough. The annexed illustrations will give a good notion of the various forms of ploughs employed in Greece and in Italy.

Primitive Forms of the Plough, Yoke, and Goad.

The following representation of a Roman plough is taken from a piece of engraved jasper.

Ancient Plough (Roman).

See the articles Agricultura; Iugum.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)