Author of (1) _Annalis_, a chronological table of the chief events in Roman and foreign history, accompanied by genealogies (Nepos, _Att._ 18, 1). As it was Cicero's _De Re Publica_ that suggested its composition (Cic. _Brut._ 19), its date cannot be earlier than B.C. 54. (2) Family histories, _e.g._ of the Iunii (Nepos, _Att._ 18, 3), published separately. (3) _De Imaginibus_, a collection of inscriptions in verse for the busts of celebrated men (Nepos, _Att._ 18, 5). (4) _De Consulatu Ciceronis_, in Greek (Nepos, _Att._ 18, 6), written B.C. 60 (Cic. _ad Att._ ii. 1, 1). Atticus is an interesting figure on account of the large publishing business which he conducted (Nepos, _Att._ 13, 3); and the great care with which he sought out good MSS. to reproduce in his establishment makes him important in the history of the preservation of ancient literature. M. TERENTIUS VARRO. (1) LIFE. M. Terentius Varro was born B.C. 116 at Reate in the Sabine country. Jerome yr. Abr. 1901, 'M. Terentius Varro philosophus et poeta nascitur.' Symmachus, _Ep._ i. 2, calls him 'Terentius Reatinus'; and he owned property in that district: _R.R._ ii. praef. 6, 'ipse pecuarias habui grandes, in Apulia oviarias, et in Reatino equarias.' Of his family nothing is known except that he had an uncle belonging to the equestrian order (Plin. _N.H._ vii. 176). His philosophical education was received at Athens, where he was a disciple of Antiochus of Ascalon: Cic. _Ac. Post._ 12, 'Aristum Athenis [Brutus] audivit aliquamdiu, cuius tu [Varro] fratrem Antiochum.' He took part in the war with Sertorius in Spain, B.C. 76 (Sall. _Hist._ ii. fr. 69). In the war with the pirates, B.C. 67, he was one of Pompeius' lieutenants, and received a _corona navalis_ for his services. Varro _R.R._ ii. praef. 7, 'cum piratico bello inter Delum et Ciliciam Graeciae classibus praeessem.' Plin. _N.H._ vii. 115, '[Varroni] Magnus Pompeius piratico ex bello navalem [coronam] dedit.' Probably he was also with Pompeius in the war with Mithradates (Plin. _N.H._ xxxiii. 136, xxxvii. 11; knowledge of the Caspian, vi. 38). To the coalition of Pompeius, Caesar, and Crassus he was originally hostile, going so far as to write one of his satires, Τρικάρανος, against them (Appian _B.C._ ii. 9); but in 59 he was a member of the commission appointed to establish Caesar's veterans in Campania: Plin. _N.H._ vii. 176, 'Varro auctor est xx. viro se agros dividente Capuae,' etc. He also held the office of tribune (Gell. xiii. 12, 6), and was aedile with Murena (Plin. xxxv. 173).