Varro

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Varro was a prominent Roman scholar and writer whose works on religion, language, and antiquities profoundly influenced later understanding of Roman culture and theology.

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Varro canonical 15
Marcus Terentius Varro 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose author
Roman general
Roman politician
Roman scholar
Roman writer
antiquarian
human
philologist
birthDate 116 BC
birthPlace Reate
birthRegion Sabine country
linked to: Sabine territory
citizenship Roman Republic
conflict Civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey
culture Ancient Rome
linked to: Roman Antiquity
deathDate 27 BC
describedBy Cicero as the most learned of the Romans
educatedAt Athens
Rome
era Late Roman Republic
familyName Terentius
fieldOfWork Latin linguistics
Roman antiquities
Roman religion
agriculture
history
literary criticism
philology
philosophy
fullName Marcus Terentius Varro
linked to: Varro
givenName Marcus
heldOffice curule aedile
praetor
quaestor
tribune of the people
influenced Augustine of Hippo
Cicero
Macrobius
Servius
later Roman grammarians
influencedField later understanding of Roman cultural history
later understanding of Roman theology
knownFor antiquarian research on Roman customs and institutions
comprehensive treatment of Roman religion
systematic study of the Latin language
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
laterPardonedBy Julius Caesar
militaryRank legate
modernBirthRegion Rieti, Italy
linked to: Rieti
nativeLanguage Latin
notableWork Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum
De lingua Latina
Hebdomades vel de imaginibus
Rerum rusticarum libri tres
religion traditional Roman polytheism
religiousRole member of the quindecimviri sacris faciundis
servedIn Pompey’s forces
linked to: Pompeian forces
sideInConflict Optimates
studiedUnder Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus
linked to: Lucius Aelius Stilo
survivingWork De lingua Latina (partially)
linked to: De lingua Latina

Rerum rusticarum libri tres (largely complete)
workStatus most works survive only in fragments

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Referenced by (21)

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Feronia describedBy Varro
Book 8 (The City of God) philosopherDiscussed Varro
subject linked to: Book 8
Menippus influenced Varro
Varro fullName Marcus Terentius Varro
linked to: Varro
De lingua Latina author Marcus Terentius Varro
linked to: Varro
Velabrum mentionedBy Varro
Annales quotedBy Varro
Tullia gens hasCognomen Varro
subject linked to: gens Tullia
Tullianum referencedBy Varro
subject linked to: Tullianum (Mamertine Prison)
Regifugium recordedBy Varro
Reate describedBySource Varro
Reate associatedWithPeople Marcus Terentius Varro
linked to: Varro
Lucius Aelius Stilo student Marcus Terentius Varro
linked to: Varro
Lucius Aelius Stilo influenced Marcus Terentius Varro
linked to: Varro
Lucius Aelius Stilo teacherOf Marcus Terentius Varro
linked to: Varro