Sextus Quinctilius Varus
Sextus Quinctilius Varus was a Roman politician in the 5th century BC, consul in 453 BC.
Sextus Quinctilius Varus | |
|---|---|
| Consul of the Roman Republic | |
| In office 1 August 453 BC [1] – 453 BC | |
| Preceded by | Aulus Aternius Varus, Spurius Tarpeius Montanus Capitolinus |
| Succeeded by | Spurius Furius Medullinus Fusus (consul 464 BC) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Unknown Ancient Rome |
| Died | 453 BC Ancient Rome |
Consulship
In 453 BC, he was consul with Publius Curiatius Fistus Trigeminus.[2] Rome was ravaged this year by a famine and an epidemic, which killed animals as well as people. It is thought to have been typhus, an epidemic that raged on for ten or more years.[3] His colleague, Trigeminus, and the consul suffect who replaced him both caught the disease that same year.[2][4]
References
- Robert Maxwell Ogilvie, Commentary on Livy, books 1–5, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1965, pp. 404, 405.
- Broughton 1951, p. 43.
- Livy, III. 32
- "LacusCurtius • Dionysius' Roman Antiquities — Book X Chapters 50‑60". Penelope.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
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