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1
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varro full name

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Marcus Terentius Varro “Reatinus”

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varro years

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116-27 BC

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who called varro “the most learned of romans”

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quintilian

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what was varro called by quintilian

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“the most learned of romans”

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5
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where was varro born

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reati

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6
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who was born at reati

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varro

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7
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who was a pupil of L. Aelius Stilo & Antiochus of Ascalon

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varro

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who was the common teacher of varro and cicero

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antiochus of ascalon

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who was quaestor in 85 BC

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varro

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who was a tribune, praetor, and quaesotr

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varro

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who was a Pompeian officer in Spain against Sertorius

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varro

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12
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who fought with pompey against pirates

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varro

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13
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who did varro fight with against pirates

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pomepy

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14
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who politically opposed caesar

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varro

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15
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who did varro politically oppose

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caesar

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16
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what did caesar entrust varro with doing in 46 BC

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task of creating the first public library (a project never completed)

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17
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who tasked varro with creating the first public library (a project never completed)

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caesar

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18
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who was tasked by caesar to build the first public library

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varro

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19
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how many books did varro write

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over 600

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20
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who did varro study under

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the monotheist posidonius

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21
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who studies under the monotheist posidonius

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varro

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22
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what did the monotheist posidonius believe

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that Jupiter was the main creative force, all other gods were different powers or virtues of his spirit

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who believed that Jupiter was the main creative force, all other gods were different powers or virtues of his spirit

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the monotheist posidonius

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24
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whose model of life was the country gentleman who can derive good returns from his estates and pleasure from life

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varro

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25
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who wrote de re rustica

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varro

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26
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what was varro’s de re rustica about

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treatise in farming

27
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who was fundania’s husband

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varro

28
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who was varro’s wife

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fundania

29
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who is the first book of varro’s de re rustica addressed to

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wife, fundania

30
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how many books is varro’s de re rustica

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3

31
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what does book 1 of varro’s de re rustica deal with

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the farm itself and agricultural operations appropriate to certain seasons of the year

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what does book 2 of of varro’s de re rustica deal with

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livestock

33
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what does book 3 of varro’s de re rustica deal with

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Roman villas, aviaries, poultry, game reserves, and fish ponds

34
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who wrote de lingua latina

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varro

35
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what is varro’s de lingua latina about

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ystematic treatise on Latin grammar-deals exclusively with Etymology, Syntax, and Inflexion

36
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how many books is varro’s de lingua latina about

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25

37
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who is varro’s de lingua latina dedictaed to

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cicero

38
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who wrote Saturae Menippeae

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varro

39
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what author is varro’s Saturae Menippeae modeled on

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menippus

40
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what work of varro was critical of roman life

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Saturae Menippeae

41
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how many books is varro’s Saturae Menippeae

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150

42
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who wrote hebdomades/imaginum libri XV

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varro

43
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what was varro’s hebdomades/imaginum libri XV about

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a collection of character sketches in prose of celebrated Greeks and Romans, each of which was accompanied by a portrait and an epigram

44
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what work is a collection of character sketches in prose of celebrated Greeks and Romans, each of which was accompanied by a portrait and an epigram

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varro’s hebdomades/imaginum libri XV

45
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who wrote Antiquitates Rerum Humanarum et Divinarum

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varro

46
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who is varro’s Antiquitates Rerum Humanarum et Divinarum dedictaed to

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caesar as pontifex maximus

47
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how many books is varro’s Antiquitates Rerum Humanarum et Divinarum

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25 books of Humanarum and 16 of Divinarum

48
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who wrote de gente populi romani

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varro

49
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who wrote de vita populi romani

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varro

50
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who wrote disciplinae

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varro

51
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who utilize varro’s disciplinae

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Martianus Capella

52
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what work of varro did Martianus Capella utilize

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disiplinae

53
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who wrote de philosophia

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varro

54
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who did cicero dedicate the second edition of his academia to

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varro

55
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what work of cicero is dedicated to varro

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the second edition of his Academia

56
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whose bust was displayed in pollio’s library

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varro

57
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where was varro’s bust displayed

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pollio’s library

58
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what did vergil base the structure of his gerogics on

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varro’s de re rustica

59
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what work was modeled of of varro’s de re rustica

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vergil’s georgics

60
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what work imitated the structure of varro’s antiquitates

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augustine’s in de civitate dei

61
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which of varro’s works is the model for augustine’s in de civitate dei

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antiquitates

62
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what is prosimetron

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the technique of mixing prose and verse

63
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what is the technique of mixing prose and verse

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prosimetron

64
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who used prosimetron

A

varro

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