The Complete Works of Marcus Terentius Varro. Illustrated

Varro proved to be a highly productive writer and turned out more than 74 Latin works on a variety of topics. Among his many works, two stand out for historians. Varro`s only complete work extant, Rerum rusticarum libri tres (Three Books on Agriculture), has been described as 'the well digested system of an experienced and successful farmer who has seen and practised all that he records.' The compilation of the Varronian chronology was an attempt to determine an exact year-by-year timeline of Roman history up to his time. Varro was recognized as an important source by many other ancient authors, among them Cicero, Pliny the Elder, Virgil in the Georgics, Columella, Aulus Gellius, Macrobius, Augustine, and Vitruvius. Contents: On Agriculture LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY TRANSLATION (W.D. HOOPER) F. H. BELVOIR 1918 TRANSLATION On the Latin Language FRAGMENTS The Latin Texts

Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 BC) was one of ancient Rome's greatest scholars and a prolific author. He is sometimes called Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus.