Varro
Marcus Terrentius Varro
CountryLate Roman Empire
LanguagesClassical Latin
Dates116 BCE — 27 BCE
ancient world
graeco-roman
Marcus Terentius Varro 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". He is sometimes called Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus.— Wikipedia