Talk:Publius Quinctilius Varus
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Is the Twelve Caesars supposed to redirect here? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Caesars
[edit] Head of Varus?
According to this article the head of Varus was sent to Rome by Arminius. But in the main Arminius article it says: "Arminius had repeatedly sought to forge an anti-Roman alliance with Marbod (he even sent him the head of Varus after the victory of Teutoburg Forest), but the latter was not willing to play a supporting role to Arminius. "
Did he first send the head to Marbod and then to Rome or is there an error in either articles?
- Or possibly multiple contradictory sources. I couldn't find any mention of head fates in the literature I have here. Stan 22:07, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
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- I suppose that it's not impossible that the head was sent both to Marbod and then to Rome. The taking of heads in battle and showing them publicly was a traditional Germanic "custom". Actually if I remember correctly the Romans had some problems with their germanic auxilia, they were taking heads of their fallen enemies and showing them to Roman centurions&commanders which wasn't that apreciated.
