- For others named Terentius Varro, see Varro (cognomen).
Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus (; 82 BC – c. 35 BC) was a
Roman poet, more polished in his style than the more famous and learned
Varro Reatinus, his contemporary, and therefore more widely read by the
Augustan writers. He was born in the province of
Gallia Narbonensis, the southern part of
Gaul with its capital at
Narbonne, on the river Atax (now the
Aude), for his
cognomen Atacinus indicates his birthplace. Only fragments of his works survive. His first known works are
Bellum Sequanicum, a poem on
Julius Caesar's campaign against
Ariovistus, and some satires; these should not be confused with the
Menippean Satires of the other Varro, of which some 600 fragments survive. He translated the Alexandrian poet
Apollonius Rhodius'
Argonautica into
Latin.
