Publius Quinctilius Varus

Publius Quinctilius Varus
Varus (left, sitting down)
Born	46 BC Cremona
Died	September AD 9 Kalkriese, Germania
Cause of death	Suicide via falling on the sword
Allegiance	Roman Empire, Augustus
Service/branch	Roman Army
Rank	Roman Governor
Commands	Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, Legio XIX
Battles/wars	Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) Battle of the Teutoburg Forest †
Children	Publius Quinctilius Varus the Younger

Publius Quinctilius Varus (Cremona, 46 BC – near Kalkriese, AD 9) 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 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.