Varro

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Varro was a prominent Roman scholar and writer whose works on religion, language, and antiquities profoundly influenced later understanding of Roman culture and theology.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Varro canonical 15
Marcus Terentius Varro 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose author ⓘ
Roman general ⓘ
Roman politician ⓘ
Roman scholar ⓘ
Roman writer ⓘ
antiquarian ⓘ
human ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
birthDate 116 BC ⓘ
birthPlace Reate ⓘ
birthRegion Sabine country ⓘ
linked to: Sabine territory
citizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
conflict Civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
culture Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
deathDate 27 BC ⓘ
describedBy Cicero as the most learned of the Romans ⓘ
educatedAt Athens ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
era Late Roman Republic ⓘ
familyName Terentius ⓘ
fieldOfWork Latin linguistics ⓘ
Roman antiquities ⓘ
Roman religion ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
history ⓘ
literary criticism ⓘ
philology ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
fullName Marcus Terentius Varro ⓘ
linked to: Varro
givenName Marcus ⓘ
heldOffice curule aedile ⓘ
praetor ⓘ
quaestor ⓘ
tribune of the people ⓘ
influenced Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Cicero ⓘ
Macrobius ⓘ
Servius ⓘ
later Roman grammarians ⓘ
influencedField later understanding of Roman cultural history ⓘ
later understanding of Roman theology ⓘ
knownFor antiquarian research on Roman customs and institutions ⓘ
comprehensive treatment of Roman religion ⓘ
systematic study of the Latin language ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
laterPardonedBy Julius Caesar ⓘ
militaryRank legate ⓘ
modernBirthRegion Rieti, Italy ⓘ
linked to: Rieti
nativeLanguage Latin ⓘ
notableWork Antiquitates rerum humanarum et divinarum ⓘ
De lingua Latina ⓘ
Hebdomades vel de imaginibus ⓘ
Rerum rusticarum libri tres ⓘ
religion traditional Roman polytheism ⓘ
religiousRole member of the quindecimviri sacris faciundis ⓘ
servedIn Pompey’s forces ⓘ
linked to: Pompeian forces
sideInConflict Optimates ⓘ
studiedUnder Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus ⓘ
linked to: Lucius Aelius Stilo
survivingWork De lingua Latina (partially) ⓘ
linked to: De lingua Latina

Rerum rusticarum libri tres (largely complete) ⓘ
workStatus most works survive only in fragments ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Feronia → describedBy → Varro ⓘ
Book 8 (The City of God) → philosopherDiscussed → Varro ⓘ
subject linked to: Book 8
Menippus → influenced → Varro ⓘ
Varro → fullName → Marcus Terentius Varro ⓘ
linked to: Varro
De lingua Latina → author → Marcus Terentius Varro ⓘ
linked to: Varro
Velabrum → mentionedBy → Varro ⓘ
Annales → quotedBy → Varro ⓘ
Tullia gens → hasCognomen → Varro ⓘ
subject linked to: gens Tullia
Tullianum → referencedBy → Varro ⓘ
subject linked to: Tullianum (Mamertine Prison)
Regifugium → recordedBy → Varro ⓘ
Reate → describedBySource → Varro ⓘ
Reate → associatedWithPeople → Marcus Terentius Varro ⓘ
linked to: Varro
Lucius Aelius Stilo → student → Marcus Terentius Varro ⓘ
linked to: Varro
Lucius Aelius Stilo → influenced → Marcus Terentius Varro ⓘ
linked to: Varro
Lucius Aelius Stilo → teacherOf → Marcus Terentius Varro ⓘ
linked to: Varro