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AbstractThe writings of the polymath Marcus Terentius Varro, whose long life (116–27BCE) spanned most of the final century of the Roman Republic, fundamentally organized the Romans’ understanding of the origins and development of their cultural habits and traditions.
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AbstractThe writings of the polymath Marcus Terentius Varro, whose long life (116–27BCE) spanned most of the final century of the Roman Republic, fundamentally organized the Romans’ understanding of the origins and development of their cultural habits and traditions.

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