biography
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Varro, Marcus Terentius
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| male
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| lived:
| (116–27 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman scholar and writer, born in Reate. He studied at Athens, fought under Pompey, and in the Civil War was legate in Spain. Pardoned by Caesar, he was appointed public librarian (47 BC), but under the second triumvirate Antony placed his name on the list of the proscribed. His property was restored by Augustus. He wrote over 600 works, covering a wide range of subject matter, but only one on agriculture and part of his book on Latin survive. |
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