Publius Quinctilius Varus
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title:
Publius Quinctilius Varus
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Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus. Varus is generally remembered for having lost three Roman legions when ambushed by a coalition of Germanic tribes led by Arminius, the chieftain of the Cherusci tribe in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, where he committed suicide to avoid capture and shameful reproach.
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Roman general and politician (46 BC – AD 9)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Quinctilius_Varus
date created:
2003-06-08T14:48:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T21:44:13Z
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