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Publius Quinctilius Varus

Also known as: Publius Quinctilius Varus; primary name: Varus, Publius Quinctilius; other name: Ouaros; other name: Varus, P Quinctilius; other name: Varus
Details: individual; official; military/naval; Roman; Male
Life dates: -9AD
Other dates: 8BC-9 (active)
Biography: Roman Proconsul of Africa, 8BC-7BC, and then Legate of Syria 6BC-4BC. When Judaea revolted after the death of Herod the Great (q.v.) in 4BC, Varus marched south and crushed the rebellion. Sent to the Roman frontiers east of the Rhine by Augustus to act as a civil administrator and military commander. Defeated by the Germans under Arminius in the battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD after which Varus took his own life.

16 related objects

coin

Museum number: 1847,1101.175 |
Authority: BIOG140869 Governor:Publius Quinctilius Varus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 4 BC |
Production place: Minted in:Antiochia ad Orontem

coin

Museum number: 1840,1215.224 |
Authority: BIOG140869 Governor:Publius Quinctilius Varus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 6 BC-4 BC |
Production place: Minted in:Berytus (Phoenicia - archaic)

coin

Museum number: 1980,0210.1 |
Authority: Ruler:Augustus (Octavian)Governor:Publius Quinctilius Varus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 27BC-14 |
Production place: Minted in:Gabala

coin

Museum number: 1995,0605.105 |
Authority: BIOG140869 Ruler:Publius Quinctilius Varus |
Production date: 6BC-4BC |
Production place: Minted in:Berytus (Phoenicia - archaic)

coin

Museum number: G.315 |
Authority: BIOG57074 Ruler:Augustus (Octavian) |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 8BC-7BC |
Production place: Minted in:Achulla

coin

Museum number: 1947,1101.218 |
Authority: BIOG140869 Governor:Publius Quinctilius Varus |
Cultures/periods: x109511 Roman Provincial |
Production date: 6 BC-4 BC |
Production place: Minted in:Berytus (Phoenicia - archaic)

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1854,1020.143 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:Mannheim

print; title-page

Museum number: 1856,0614.119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ambrosius HolbeinPrinted by:Johann Froben |
Production date: 1519 1517 |
Production place: Printed in:Basel

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,0122.1118 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ambrosius HolbeinPrinted by:Johann Froben |
Production date: 1519 1517 |
Production place: Printed in:Basel

print; title-page

Museum number: 1895,0122.1119 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ambrosius HolbeinPrinted by:Johann Froben |
Production date: 1518 |
Production place: Printed in:Basel

print; title-page

Museum number: 1856,0614.118 |
Producer name: Print made by:Ambrosius HolbeinPrinted by:Johann Froben |
Production date: 1520 |
Production place: Printed in:Basel

print

Title: Morte di P. Quintilio Varo |
Museum number: 2006,U.999 |
Producer name: Print made by:Giuseppe MochettiAfter:Bartolommeo Pinelli |
Production date: 1820-1840

print

Museum number: 1854,1020.525 |
Producer name: BIOG43951 Print made by:Christian Bernhard Rode |
Production date: 1781

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.911 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:Mannheim

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1863,0613.912 |
Producer name: BIOG22771 Print made by:Daniel Chodowiecki |
Production date: 1782 |
Production place: Published in:Mannheim

print; book-illustration

Museum number: 1926,0713.40 |
Producer name: BIOG28136 Print made by:Heinrich Göding |
Production date: 1597 |
Production place: Printed in:Dresden (city)