# Marcus Terentius Varro

> Rome's greatest scholar wrote more books than almost anyone in antiquity — and nearly all of them vanished. What survives is fragments, quotations in other writers, and the ghost of an encyclopedic mind that tried to catalog everything Rome knew.

*Roman scholar, polymath and author (116–27 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/marcus-terentius-varro

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** -116
- **Died:** -27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Marcus Terentius Varro was born in 116 BC and lived through the collapse of the Republic into the early years of the Empire. A polymath who ranged across grammar, agriculture, philosophy, history, and religion, he produced a staggering volume of work — later writers counted hundreds of volumes. Petrarch would call him "the third great light of Rome," ranked behind only Virgil and Cicero. To separate him from a younger contemporary also named Varro, he's sometimes called Varro Reatinus, after the town of Rieti. He died in 27 BC, having outlasted the Republic he'd spent a lifetime documenting.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
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## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206119)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Marcus%20Terentius%20Varro)
- [ماركوس تيرينتيوس فارو](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88)
- [Marcu Terenciu Varrón](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcu_Terenciu_Varr%C3%B3n)
- [Mark Terensi Varron](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Terensi_Varron)
- [Марк Тэрэнцый Варон](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D1%8D%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Марк Теренций Варон](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BD)
- [Marcus Terentius Varro](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro)
- [Marc Terenci Varró](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Terenci_Varr%C3%B3)
- [Marcus Terentius Varro Reatinus](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro_Reatinus)
- [Marcus Terentius Varro](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro)
- [Marcus Terentius Varro](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro)
- [Μάρκος Τερέντιος Βάρρων](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%AD%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%81%CF%89%CE%BD)
- [Marko Terencio Varono](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Terencio_Varono)
- [Varrón](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varr%C3%B3n)
- [Marcus Terentius Varro](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro)
- [Varron](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varron)
- [مارکوس ترنتیوس وارو](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88)
- [Terentius Varro](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terentius_Varro)
- [Varron (écrivain)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varron_(%C3%A9crivain))
- [Varon](https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varon)
- [Marco Terencio Varrón](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Terencio_Varr%C3%B3n)
- [מרקוס טרנטיוס וארו](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%95)
- [Marko Terencije Varon](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marko_Terencije_Varon)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marc_Terenci_Varr%C3%B3)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Marcus_Terentius_Varro)
- [Wikiquote](https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Varr%C3%B3n)
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