Quintilius Varus

Also known as: Varus · Family: Roman · Role: commander and lieutenant · First appears: Augustus 23

Life events

• Quintilius Varus’s disaster destroyed three legions and threatened the empire’s security.(Augustus 23 · 📍 Germany)
  • With: Augustus
  • “that of Varus threatened the security of the empire itself; three legions, with the commander, his lieutenants, and all the auxiliaries, being cut off.”
• Augustus commemorated the disaster’s anniversary as a day of sorrow and mourning.(Augustus 23)
  • With: Augustus
  • “And ever after, he observed the anniversary of this calamity, as a day of sorrow and mourning.”

Augustus 23

• employer: Augustus “except twice in Germany, under his lieutenants Lollius and Varus.”

Also listed in Roman — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.