Gaius Licinius Varus

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Gaius Licinius Varus came from the Roman plebeian family of the Licinians and was 236 BC. Chr. Consul .

Life

Both the father and the grandfather of Gaius Licinius Varus carried the prenomen Publius according to the filiation information of the Fasti Capitolini . The early stages of his cursus honorum are not known, only his position in the highest state office, which he held in 236 BC. Together with Publius Cornelius Lentulus Caudinus held. With him, the Licinians began to rise again higher after a break of more than a hundred years in the Roman Senate aristocracy.

In his year as a consulate, Varus first marched together with his official colleague to northern Italy in the area of Ariminum to oppose the Gauls who had advanced across the Alps , but this danger was already averted by a quarrel between the Gauls. Thereupon the consuls decided to conduct the battle separately, with Lentulus taking military action against the Ligurians and Varus against the Corsicans . Since Varus had too small a fleet, he first sent his legate Marcus Claudius Clineas to Corsica . However, he made peace with the Corsicans without authorization from his superior. After Varus himself arrived on the island, he did not accept the approach of his legate and therefore refused to recognize the peace treaty and instead renewed the fighting.

There is no tradition of the later life of Varus. His son Publius Licinius Varus was praetor urbanus in 208 BC. Chr.

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Fasti Capitolini ad annum 236 BC Chr .; Zonaras 8, 18; among others
  2. ↑ Zonaras 8:18.
  3. ↑ Valerius Maximus 6: 3, 3; Zonaras 8, 18; Cassius Dio , fragment 44, 2.
  4. ↑ Zonaras 8:18.
personal data
SURNAME Licinius Varus, Gaius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Varus, Gaius Licinius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Roman consul 236 BC Chr.
DATE OF BIRTH 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr.