Alfenus Varus

Family: Vitellian · Role: commander · First appears: Histories III.34-38

Life events

• Vitellius imprisoned Publilius Sabinus and appointed Alfenus Varus as prefect of the Guards.(Histories III.34-38 · 📍 Rome)
  • With: Vitellius Publilius Sabinus
  • “He gave orders for the imprisonment of Publilius Sabinus, the prefect of the Guards, on the ground of his intimacy with Caecina, and appointed Alfenus Varus in his place.”
• Vitellius dispatched Julius Priscus and Alfenus Varus with troops and cavalry to hold the Apennines.(Histories III.53-56 · 📍 Apennines)
  • With: Vitellius Julius Priscus
  • “He dispatched Julius Priscus and Alfenus Varus with fourteen cohorts of Guards and all his available cavalry to hold the Apennines.”

Histories III.34-38

• employer: Vitellius “He gave orders for the imprisonment of Publilius Sabinus, the prefect of the Guards, on the ground of his intimacy with Caecina, and appointed Alfenus Varus in his place.”

Histories III.53-56

• employer: Vitellius “He dispatched Julius Priscus and Alfenus Varus with fourteen cohorts of Guards and all his available cavalry to hold the Apennines.”

Histories IV.9-13

• rivals with Mucianus “This shattered the supremacy of Antonius and Varus, for, though Mucianus tried to show a friendly face towards them, he was not very successful in concealing his dislike.”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.