Publius Quinctilius Varus

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Roman consul Roman general Roman governor Roman politician human

Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician best known for suffering a catastrophic defeat in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, which halted Roman expansion into Germania.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Roman general Publius Quinctilius Varus	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman consul ⓘ Roman general ⓘ Roman governor ⓘ Roman politician ⓘ human ⓘ
causeOfDeath	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship	Roman Empire ⓘ Roman Republic ⓘ
commanded	Roman legions XIX NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman legions XVII NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman legions XVIII ⓘ
conflict	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman campaigns in Germania ⓘ
consularColleague	Tiberius NERFINISHED ⓘ
consulInYear	13 BC ⓘ
consulship	consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Roman Germania NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	circa 46 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath	September 9 AD ⓘ
defeatedBy	Arminius NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer	Roman state ⓘ
era	early Roman Empire ⓘ
familyName	Quinctilius NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Publius Quinctilius Varus the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Publius NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPartInCanon	Roman historiography ⓘ
killedInMilitaryConflict	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	catastrophic defeat in the Teutoburg Forest ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	suicide ⓘ
mentionedIn	Cassius Dio’s Roman History NERFINISHED ⓘ Tacitus’ Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ Velleius Paterculus’ histories NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRank	legatus ⓘ
mother	Sextia NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	Quinctilii NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	administration of Germania ⓘ
occupation	general ⓘ politician ⓘ
opponent	Cherusci NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Cremona NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Teutoburg Forest NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Roman consul ⓘ governor of Africa ⓘ governor of Germania ⓘ governor of Syria ⓘ
servedUnder	Augustus NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Claudia Pulchra NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Clades Variana → RomanCommander → Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ

Teutoburg Forest → associatedWith → Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ

Clades Variana → commander → Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ

Roman conquest of Germania → notableCommander → Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ

Clades Variana → notableFigure → Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ

Cherusci → opponent → Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ

Arminius → portrays → Publius Quinctilius Varus ⓘ

subject surface form: Arminius (poem)

this entity surface form: Roman general Publius Quinctilius Varus