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Marcus Terentius Varro

116 BC - 27 BC

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Marcus Terentius Varro (116–27 BCE) was a Roman polymath and a prolific author. He is regarded as ancient Rome's greatest scholar, and was described by Petrarch as "the third great light of Rome" (after Virgil and Cicero). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marcus Terentius Varro has received more than 699,373 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Marcus Terentius Varro is the 288th most popular writer (down from 278th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 359th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Italian Writer.

Marcus Terentius Varro is most famous for his work, "De Re Rustica" which is a book about agriculture.

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  • 700k

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  • 74.84

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 52

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 288 out of 7,302. Before him are Mary Wollstonecraft, Alfonso X of Castile, William Golding, Alberto Moravia, Paul Valéry, and Philip K. Dick. After him are Gerhart Hauptmann, Emily Dickinson, Arthur C. Clarke, Pearl S. Buck, Carl Spitteler, and Colette.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 116 BC, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 1. After him is Marcus Terentius Varro Lucullus. Among people deceased in 27 BC, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 1. 

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 382 out of 5,161. Before him are Vitus (290), Archytas (-428), Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625), Pope Sixtus III (390), Alberto Moravia (1907), and Pope Leo IV (790). After him are Nero Claudius Drusus (-38), Cato the Younger (-95), Cesare Maldini (1932), Tiberius Gracchus (-163), Nino Rota (1911), and Camillo Golgi (1843).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Marcus Terentius Varro ranks 24. Before him are Carlo Goldoni (1707), Torquato Tasso (1544), Dario Fo (1926), Sallust (-86), Primo Levi (1919), and Alberto Moravia (1907). After him are Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863), Ludovico Ariosto (1474), Lorenzo Valla (1407), Christine de Pizan (1365), Ennius (-239), and Grazia Deledda (1871).

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