Person

Publius Quinctilius Varus

Roman politician and general

b. 46 BCE – d. 24 CE World The Middle of The Earth

Publius Quinctilius Varus (46 BCE in Cremona, Roman Republic – CE 9 in Germania) is a Roman politician and general under Emperor Augustus, mainly remembered for having lost three Roman legions and his own life when attacked by Germanic leader Arminius in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.