Gaius Terentius Varro
Also known as: Gaius Terentius C.f. Varro
Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman politician and general active during the Second Punic War. A plebeian son of a butcher, he was a populist politician who was elected consul for the year 216 BCE.
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Roman consul
Roman consul in “Cannae, 216 BCE: Hannibal’s Double Envelopment”. Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman politician and general active during the Second Punic War. A plebeian son of a butcher, he was a populist politician who was elected consul for the year 216 BCE.
Shared Roman command
Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC) → Gaius Terentius Varro: Shared Roman command. Lucius Aemilius Paullus, also spelled Paulus, was a consul of the Roman Republic twice, in 219 and 216 BC. Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman politician and general active during the Second Punic War. A plebeian son of a butcher, he was a populist politician who was elected consul for the year 216 BCE.