Vetera
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Vetera was the name of the location of two successive Roman legionary camps in the province of Germania Inferior near present-day Xanten on the Lower Rhine. The legionary camps of Vetera were part of
Stephanus Winandus Pighius, Painting from around 1585, Deventer
Record by H. Ewich with the image of a consecration stone (CIL XIII, 8625
Philipp Houben (1767–1855)
Opening of the first museum of the Lower Rhine Antiques Society in the Klever Tor (1908)
Publius Quinctilius Varus
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Publius Quinctilius Varus was a Roman general and politician. Serving under Augustus, the founder of the Roman Empire, he is generally remembered for having lost three Roman legions in the Battle of t
Vetera
…operations had to be cancelled due to an uprising in the province of Pannonia, which required the presence of the commander and part of the legions. Publius Quinctilius Varus (7-9) succeeded as governor, but was less fortunate, leading to the Clades Variana, also known as the "Battle of the Teutoburg Forest" in 9 CE. This…
Varus (left, sitting down), engraving from 1714
As Lugdunum I (RIC 230), countermarked "VAR" (Varus)
Lithograph by Swiss painter Martin Disteli depicting Varus falling on his sword during the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, 1830s