Varus
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- Publius Attius VarusPublius Attius VarusPublius Attius Varus was the Roman governor of Africa during the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompeius Magnus . He declared war against Caesar, and initially fought and defeated Gaius Scribonius Curio, who was sent against him in 49 BC.-Political career:Varus held the office of praetor no...
(died 17 March 45 BCE), Roman governor of Africa. - Publius Quinctilius VarusPublius Quinctilius VarusPublius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman politician and general under Emperor Augustus, 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.-Life:His paternal grandfather was senator Sextus Quinctilius...
(46 BCE - 9 CE), politician of the Roman Empire. - Quinctilius VarusQuinctilius VarusPublius Quinctilius Varus Minor was the only child to Roman general and politician Publius Quinctilius Varus from his second marriage to Claudia Pulchra....
(c. 1–27), son of Publius Quinctilius Varus. - Marcus Plancius VarusMarcus Plancius VarusMarcus Plancius Varus was an Anatolian Roman noble who lived in the 1st century in the Roman Empire. His paternal ancestors were originally from Latium in Central Italy. They had immigrated to Anatolia in the time of the late Roman Republic. Varus came from a local, wealthy family who were...
(1st century CE), politician of the Roman Empire. - Gaius Plancius VarusGaius Plancius VarusGaius Plancius Varus was a Roman who lived between the 1st century and 2nd century in the Roman Empire. Varus was the son of Roman Senator, Proconsul Marcus Plancius Varus and the Herodian Princess Julia. His sister was Plancia Magna and was the maternal uncle to Gaius Julius Plancius Varus Cornutus...
(1st - 2nd century CE), son of Marcus Plancius Varus and politician of the Roman Empire. - Alfenus VarusAlfenus VarusAlfenus Varus was an ancient Roman jurist and writer who lived around the 1st century BC.__FORCETOC__-Life:Alfenus Varus was a pupil of Servius Sulpicius Rufus, and the only pupil of Servius from whom there are any excerpts in the Pandects...
, 1st century Roman jurist and possible consul. - Varus, a Roman cognomenCognomenThe cognomen nōmen "name") was the third name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary. Hereditary cognomina were used to augment the second name in order to identify a particular branch within...
. - Saint VarusSaint VarusSaint Varus — early Christian saint, soldier and martyr.According to his generally reliable and authentic Acts, he was a soldier stationed in Upper Egypt who had the task of guarding a group of monks awaiting execution...
(307), early Christian martyr, soldier from Egypt
Geography
- Varus, the Latin name for the Stura di LanzoStura di LanzoStura di Lanzo is a 65 km long river in north-western Italy . It is formed from several tributaries near Lanzo Torinese. It flows into the river Po in Turin.The name Stura has Celtic origin: stur, which means "to fall".-External links:...
, a river in Italy. - Varus, the Latin name for the Var RiverVar RiverThe Var is a river located in the southeast of France. The name Var originates from the Ligurian word for waterway.The Var flows through the Alpes-Maritimes département for most of its length, with a short stretch in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence département...
, in France.