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Publius Quinctilius Varus
Varus
The legate whose three legions were annihilated by Arminius in the Teutoburg forest (AD 9), the worst of Rome's German losses.
Reading notes
- The Germania §37 Varus
P. Quinctilius Varus, whose three legions Arminius annihilated in the Teutoburg forest (AD 9).