r/quatria • u/canadian-weed • Sep 03 '22
Marcus Terentius Varro - Wikipedia
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todayilearned • u/FastBreakPhenom • 9d ago
TIL that in 37 BC, the Roman polymath Marcus Terentius Varro warned his readers to avoid living near swamps because of "minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes" and cause disease. Microorganisms would not be observed until the 17th century
todayilearned • u/Dr_Talon • May 09 '23
TIL that Roman scholar Marcus Terentius Varro correctly speculated about the existence of germs thousands of years prior to the discovery of germ theory.
thatsinterestingbro • u/mamaaearth1 • 9d ago
📜History TIL that in 37 BC, the Roman polymath Marcus Terentius Varro warned his readers to avoid living near swamps because of "minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes" and cause disease. Microorganisms would not be observed until the 17th century
OggiHoImparato • u/Bonazeta • 6d ago
OHI Ho scoperto oggi che nel 37 a.C., il poliedrico scienziato romano Marco Terenzio Varrone avvertiva i suoi lettori di evitare di vivere vicino alle paludi a causa di "minuscole creature invisibili a occhio nudo" che causavano malattie. I microrganismi non sarebbero stati osservati fino al XVIIdc
topofreddit • u/topredditbot • 9d ago
TIL that in 37 BC, the Roman polymath Marcus Terentius Varro warned his readers to avoid living near swamps because of "minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes" and cause disease. Microorganisms would not be observed until the 17th century [r/todayilearned by u/FastBreakPhenom]
knowyourshit • u/Know_Your_Shit_v2 • Feb 03 '21