Roman Republic and Empire 264 B.C.E.-476 C.E.: Science, Technology, Health Research Article from World Eras

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Roman Republic and Empire 264 B.C.E.-476 C.E.: Science, Technology, Health Research Article from World Eras

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116-27 B.C.E.
Statesman, Librarian, Polymath

Prolific Author. Varro was one of Rome's most prolific writers, having written some 490 books, of which only two have survived. The rhetorician Quintilian called him "the most learned of the Romans." His family was a member of the middle, or equestrian, class. Born at Reate in the Sabine region of Italy, he studied in Rome under L. Aelius Stilo, who was a Stoic grammarian, and in Athens under Antiochus of Ascalon, a philosopher at the Academy. Elected to his first government position in 86 B.C.E., he rose in the offices until he became Praetor. He served in Spain in support of Pompey during the Civil War, but Julius Caesar pardoned him after Pompey's death. In 47 B.C.E. Caesar appointed him as director of a library, but misfortune followed him when he made an enemy with Mark...

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