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 sword
Allegiance	Roman Empire, Augustus
Service/branch	Roman Army
Rank	Roman Governor
Commands held	Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, Legio XIX
Battles/wars	Jewish–Roman 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 Germanic tribes led by Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, whereupon he killed himself to avoid capture.