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Gaius Terentius Varro

300 BC - 200 BC

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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 politician who was elected consul for the year 216 BCE. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gaius Terentius Varro has received more than 202,263 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Gaius Terentius Varro is the 8,164th most popular politician (down from 7,153rd in 2019), the 2,133rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,892nd in 2019) and the 540th most popular Italian Politician.

Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman scholar, writer, and politician. He is most famous for his work on agriculture, De Re Rustica.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gaius Terentius Varro ranks 8,164 out of 19,576Before him are Gangjong of Goryeo, Nikolai Voznesensky, Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada, Agnes of Dampierre, Marcus Minucius Rufus, and William Lyon Mackenzie King. After him are Ali Kemal, Giovanni Morelli, John William, Duke of Jülich-Cleves-Berg, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, Adolf Schmal, and Jeffrey Archer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 300 BC, Gaius Terentius Varro ranks 31Before him are Gaius Claudius Nero, Wiman of Gojoseon, Mithridates III of Pontus, Lucius Cincius Alimentus, Prusias II of Bithynia, and Marcus Minucius Rufus. After him are Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, Gaius Laelius, Andragoras, Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus, Bion of Smyrna, and Quintus Fulvius Flaccus. Among people deceased in 200 BC, Gaius Terentius Varro ranks 10Before him are Leonidas of Rhodes, Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus, Laodice III, Moschus, Wiman of Gojoseon, and Mithridates III of Pontus. After him are Ariarathes VII of Cappadocia, Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus, Eucratides I, Gaius Laelius, Mithridates IV of Pontus, and Hermogenes of Priene.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Gaius Terentius Varro ranks 2,133 out of 5,161Before him are Julia (-190), Giulia Tofana (1581), Azeglio Vicini (1933), Giuseppe Fiorelli (1823), Sergio Balanzino (1934), and Ottavio Bottecchia (1894). After him are Giovanni Morelli (1816), Agnes of Montepulciano (1268), Clarice de' Medici (1493), Galeazzo I Visconti (1277), Liutpert (680), and Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827).

Among POLITICIANS In Italy

Among politicians born in Italy, Gaius Terentius Varro ranks 540Before him are Hippocrates of Gela (-600), Orso Ipato (726), Orio Mastropiero (1150), Achille Varzi (1904), Julia (-190), and Sergio Balanzino (1934). After him are Giovanni Morelli (1816), Clarice de' Medici (1493), Galeazzo I Visconti (1277), Liutpert (680), Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria (1827), and Emilio Colombo (1920).