Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BC) was a Roman polymath and a prolific author. He is regarded as ancient Rome's greatest scholar, and was described by...
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Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus (116 – soon after 56 BC), younger brother of the more famous Lucius Licinius Lucullus, was a supporter of Lucius Cornelius...
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Terentia gens (redirect from Varro (cognomen))
Greece. Marcus Terentius Varro, adopted Marcus Licinius Lucullus, who subsequently became Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus. Marcus Terentius M. f. Varro Lucullus...
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Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum (redirect from Antiquitates (Varro))
(Antiquities of Human and Divine Things) was one of the chief works of Marcus Terentius Varro (1st century BC). The work has been lost, but having been substantially...
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ancient Chinese Erya are also sometimes described as "encyclopedias". Marcus Terentius Varro (/ˈmɑːrkəs təˈrɛnʃəs ˈværoʊ/; 116 BC – 27 BC) was an ancient Roman...
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Gaius Terentius Varro (fl. 218-200 BCE) was a Roman politician and general active during the Second Punic War. A plebeian son of a butcher, he was a populist...
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also Martianus Capella 1.58; Mueller (2010). The Roman theologian Marcus Terentius Varro listed Saturn among the Sabine gods.(p 139) See also the Etruscan...
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citizens. Ai of Han, Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty (d. 1 BC) Marcus Terentius Varro, Roman scholar and writer (b. 116 BC) Wikimedia Commons has media...
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biographical compendium of famous Romans published by his contemporary Marcus Terentius Varro. Two biographies of Lucullus survive today, Plutarch's Lucullus...
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important Roman goddess, she is highly revered, honored, and respected. Marcus Terentius Varro considered her to be ideal and the plan for the universe personified...
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