Editing Varro Atacinus (section)

{{Short description|Roman writer and poet}}
'''Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus''' ({{IPA|la|ˈpuːbliʊs tɛˈrɛntiʊs ˈwarːoː atakiːnʊs|lang}}; 82 – c. 35 BC) was a [[Latin poetry|Roman poet]], more polished in his style than the more famous and learned [[Marcus Terentius Varro|Varro Reatinus]], his contemporary, and therefore more widely read by the [[Augustan literature (ancient Rome)|Augustan writers]].<ref name="Charles Thomas Cruttwell">[[Charles Thomas Cruttwell]], [http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_histromlit_2_1_1.htm ''History of Roman Literature'' (1877)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202162139/http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_histromlit_2_1_1.htm |date=2008-12-02 }}: Book II, part I, note III</ref> He was born in the province of [[Gallia Narbonensis]], the southern part of [[Gaul]] with its capital at [[Narbonne]], on the river Atax<ref name=EB1911>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Varro, Publius Terentius |volume=27 |page=924}}</ref> (now the [[Aude (river)|Aude]]), for his [[cognomen]] ''Atacinus'' indicates his birthplace.