Quintus Varus

Role: commander of Domitius's horse · First appears: The Civil War, Book III, 36–42

Life events

• Scipio's horse attacked Quintus Varus's cavalry from an ambush; Varus's men withstood the charge, killed about eighty of the enemy and put the rest to flight.(The Civil War, Book III, 36–42)
  • With: Scipio
  • “And when Quintus Varus, commander of Domitius's horse, came there as usual, they suddenly rushed from their ambush. But our men bravely supported their charge, and returned quickly every man to his own rank, and in their turn, made a general charge on the enemy: and having killed about eighty of them, and put the rest to flight, retreated to their camp with the loss of only two men.”

The Civil War, Book III, 36–42

• commander: Cneius Domitius Calvinus (Varus commanded Domitius's cavalry.) “And when Quintus Varus, commander of Domitius's horse, came there as usual,”

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Extracted from the original text of Caesar's Commentaries — The Gallic War and The Civil War. Made with Rho MD.