Sextus Quinctilius Varus (Consul 453 BC)

Sextus Quinctilius Varus († 453 BC) was born in 453 BC. BC Roman consul .

Varus, one of the first traditional members of the Quinctilians , was the son of a Sextus Quinctilius, about whom nothing else is known. Nothing is known about his life, except that he died in 453 BC. BC (= 301 ab urbe condita ) held the consulate together with Publius Curiatius Fistus Trigeminus . As consul, he is recorded in various consular fasts ( Fasti Capitolini , Chronograph von 354 , Lasten des Hydatius ); He is also mentioned by Livius , Dionysius of Halicarnassus , Diodorus (who incorrectly calls him Quinctius), Cassiodorus and the Chronicon Paschale . Quinctilius Varus died of the plague in his year as a consulate .

The consular fasts from the early Roman period must generally be regarded as extremely unsafe, if not largely as later invented .

literature

Hans Georg Gundel : Quinctilius 15). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXIV, Stuttgart 1963, Col. 904 f.

↑ The Cognomen Varus can only be found in the form Verus in the chronograph of 354 , not in Livius, Dionysius of Halicarnassus or Diodorus.
↑ Cf. Fasti Capitolini : Sex. Quinctilius sex. f. P. n.
↑ Livy 3,32,1; Dionysios 10.53.1; Diodorus 12.7.1.
^ Livy 3, 32, 4; Dionysios 10.53.6.

personal data
SURNAME	Quinctilius Varus, Sextus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Quinctius Varus, Sextus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Roman consul
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	453 BC Chr.