Talk:Marcus Terentius Varro
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Do all the citation needed signs really need to be there?
Reciting common scholarly knowledge shouldn't have to be footnoted, university's don't require it!!
I think you'll find that the citations are needed since the details lives of ancient figures are not just known by common knowledge but are usually found in a later writer's works, and those works should be cited. Furthermore, those who question the accuracy of Varro's chronolgy should be cited, just as those should be who support it, since Roman historiography is a much-debated topic. Finally, universities do require it, and you'll lose marks in a paper if you don't cite sources, and can even face accusations of plagiarism. This is true of all scholarly works! ste175
