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

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Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC – 27 BC) was a Roman scholar and philosopher. He is believed to have written more than 600 volumes, but of these only three volumes on agriculture, five on the Latin language, and a few fragments have survived.

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Native Name: Marcus Terentius Varrō

Alternative Names: Marcus Terentius Varro Reatinus • Varro Reatinus • Varro

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Vir Romanorum eruditissimus.

It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man's skill that built the cities.

Divina Natura dedit agros, ars humana ædificavit urbes.

There are bred certain minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases.

Crescunt animalia quaedam minuta, quae non possunt oculi consequi, et per aera intus in corpus per os ac nares perveniunt atque efficiunt difficilis morbos.

Portam itineri dici longissimam esse.

No sick man's monstrous dream can be so wild that some philosopher won't say it's true.

Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.