Publius Qunictillius VarusRoman governor of Syria. When he arrived at his post he was a poor man in
Publius Qunictillius VarusRoman governor of Syria. When he arrived at his post he was a poor man in a wealthy province and quickly became a wealthy man in a poor province.In AD 9 he was military governor of Germania when he lead an expedition into the Teutoburg Forest in order to quell an uprising among the German “barbarians" Him and his army would never be seen or heard from again. Except for his head, of course, it was sent by the Germans to Emperor Augustus. -- source link
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