Varus, PUBLIUS QUINTILIUS, was consul in 13 B.C., next governor of Syria, and about 7 A.D. was sent by Augustus to command the armies of Germany, and form that country into a Roman province. For the story of his disaster, see ARMINIUS. Varus killed himself in despair.
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