Publius Quinctilius Varus
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Publius Quinctilius Varus (46 BC in Cremona, Roman Republic - AD 9 in Germania) was a Roman politician and general under Emperor Augustus. He is mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
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 The Defeated Varus (2003), a sculpture by Wilfried Koch in Haltern am See, Germany. |
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As Lugdunum I (RIC 230), countermarked "VAR" (Varus)
Lithograph by Swiss painter Martin Disteli depicting Varus falling on his sword during the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, 1830s
