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 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 NERFINISHED
birthRegion Sabine country NERFINISHED
citizenship Roman Republic
conflict Civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey
culture Ancient Rome NERFINISHED
deathDate 27 BC
describedBy Cicero as the most learned of the Romans
educatedAt Athens NERFINISHED
Rome NERFINISHED
era Late Roman Republic NERFINISHED
familyName Terentius NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork Latin linguistics
Roman antiquities
Roman religion
agriculture
history
literary criticism
philology
philosophy
fullName Marcus Terentius Varro NERFINISHED
givenName Marcus NERFINISHED
heldOffice curule aedile
praetor
quaestor
tribune of the people
influenced Augustine of Hippo NERFINISHED
Cicero NERFINISHED
Macrobius NERFINISHED
Servius NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
laterPardonedBy Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
militaryRank legate
modernBirthRegion Rieti, Italy NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Latin NERFINISHED
notableWork Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum NERFINISHED
De lingua Latina NERFINISHED
Hebdomades vel de imaginibus NERFINISHED
Rerum rusticarum libri tres NERFINISHED
religion traditional Roman polytheism
religiousRole member of the quindecimviri sacris faciundis
servedIn Pompey’s forces NERFINISHED
sideInConflict Optimates NERFINISHED
studiedUnder Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus NERFINISHED
survivingWork De lingua Latina (partially) NERFINISHED
Rerum rusticarum libri tres (largely complete) NERFINISHED
workStatus most works survive only in fragments

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Feronia describedBy Varro
Book 8 philosopherDiscussed Varro
subject surface form: Book 8 (The City of God)
Menippus influenced Varro