Varro

Marcus Terrentius Varro

Country

Late Roman Empire

Languages

Classical Latin

Dates

116 BCE — 27 BCE

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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.