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Marcus Terentius Varro

116 BC - 27 BC

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Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BCE) 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" (after Virgil and Cicero). He is sometimes called Varro Reatinus ("Varro of Rieti") to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus ("Varro of Atax"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marcus Terentius Varro is the 287th most popular writer (up from 288th in 2019), the 411th most popular biography from Italy (down from 382nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Writer.

Marcus Terentius Varro is most famous for his work, "De Re Rustica" which is a book about agriculture.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 287 out of 7,302. Before him are Valmiki, Germaine de Staël, Isabel Allende, Kenzaburō Ōe, Pierre Corneille, and Ludovico Ariosto. After him are Eckhart Tolle, Patrick Modiano, Claude Simon, Luigi Pirandello, Jacob Grimm, and Bram Stoker.

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Among people born in 116 BC, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 1. After him is Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus. Among people deceased in 27 BC, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 411 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Theodore II (840), Yves Montand (1921), Pope Celestine II (1100), Pope Nicholas IV (1227), Enrico Dandolo (1107), and Ludovico Ariosto (1474). After him are Pope Boniface IV (550), Pope Boniface III (540), Pope Leo VII (900), Pope Adrian III (800), Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), and Pope Zosimus (400).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 24. Before him are Juvenal (50), Grazia Deledda (1871), Dario Fo (1926), Primo Levi (1919), Sallust (-86), and Ludovico Ariosto (1474). After him are Luigi Pirandello (1867), Alberto Moravia (1907), Christine de Pizan (1365), Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896), Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), and Theocritus (-315).

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