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Lucius Varius Rufus

74 BC - 14 BC

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Lucius Varius Rufus (; c. 74 – 14 BC) was a Roman poet of the early Augustan age. He was a friend of Virgil, after whose death he and Plotius Tucca prepared the Aeneid for publication, and of Horace, for whom he and Virgil obtained an introduction to Maecenas. Horace spoke of him as a master of epic and the only poet capable of celebrating the achievements of Vipsanius Agrippa (Odes, i.6); Virgil (under the name of Lycidas, Ecl. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucius Varius Rufus has received more than 54,079 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucius Varius Rufus is the 3,298th most popular writer.

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Among writers, Lucius Varius Rufus ranks 3,298 out of 7,302. Before him are Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński, Ashapurna Devi, Konstantin Mihailović, Roberto Arlt, Émile Faguet, and Victor Segalen. After him are Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Charles Pinot Duclos, Mikhail Kuzmin, Mikayel Nalbandian, Jean Rotrou, and Cecil Bødker.

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Among people born in 74 BC, Lucius Varius Rufus ranks 1.  Among people deceased in 14 BC, Lucius Varius Rufus ranks 2. Before him is Propertius.

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