Varro Atacinus
Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus (
82 BC - c.
35 BC) was an early
Roman poet. He was born in Gallia Narbonensis (now
Narbonne), near the river Atax (now the
Aude). His surname Atacinus indicates his birthplace. His first known works are
Bellum Sequanicum, a poem on
Julius Caesar's campaign against Ariovistus, and
Satires. He translated the Alexandrian poet
Apollonius Rhodius'
Argonautica into
Latin. He also published love poems,
The Tombs of the Great (a poem),
Cosmographia or
Chorographia (a work on geography, referred to by Virgil),
Ephemeris, an agricultural calendar after Aratus, and
Rerum Rusticarum.
