Marcus Terentius Varro

Roman scholar, polymath and author (116–27 BC)

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Marcus Terentius Varro was a highly learned Roman scholar and writer who lived from 116 to 27 BC and wrote extensively on subjects ranging from history and language to agriculture and philosophy. He matters because he was one of the most influential intellectual figures of ancient Rome, and much of what we know about Roman culture, literature, and thought comes from references to his enormous body of work, even though most of his writings have been lost.

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“Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.”
“Portam itineri dici longissimam esse.”
“Crescunt animalia quaedam minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, et per aera intus in corpus per os ac nares perveniunt atque efficiunt difficilis morbos.”
“Divina Natura dedit agros, ars humana ædificavit urbes.”
“Vir Romanorum eruditissimus.”

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An imagined portrait of an elderly Varro, engraving from André Thevet, Les Vrais pourtraits et vies des hommes illustres grecz, latins et payens (1584). Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) was a Roman polymath and a prolific author. He is regarded as ancient Rome's greatest scholar, and was described by Petrarch as "the third great light of Rome" (after Virgil and Cicero). He is sometimes called Varro Reatinus ("Varro of Rieti") to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus ("Varro of Atax").

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