Varius

Varier ( Latin vărĭŭs ) was the noun of the gens Varia. Individual representatives of the gens are documented towards the end of the Roman Republic , several in the imperial era . The name later appeared as a cognomen . It is probably derived from the Cognomen Varus .

The most famous representatives are likely to be the later emperor Elagabal and the poet Lucius Varius Rufus .

Republican Representatives

• Lucius Varius Cotyla , officer
• Quintus Varius Hybrida , tribune of the people
• Quintus Varius Severus Hibrida , Roman tribune

Imperial representatives

• Sextus Varius Marcellus , father of Elagabal
• Varius Avitus ( Elagabal ), emperor
• Titus Varius Clemens , officer
• Varius Crispinus , politician
• Varius Ligur , politician
• Lucius Varius Rufus , Augustan poet

literature

• Marieluise Deißmann-Merten , Gerhard Winkler , Rudolf Hanslik , Peter Leberecht Schmidt : Varius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, Col. 1128-1131.

Web links

Wiktionary: varius  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations