Officer (Title Not Preserved)
42
(Broughton MRR II)
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Cassius placed a L. Varus in command of his garrison at Rhodes (App. BC 4.74), perhaps to be identified with the Quinctilius Varus who after Philippi covered himself with his insignia of office and compelled his freedman to kill him (Vell. 2.71.2). (Broughton MRR II)
Officer under Cassius at Rhodes in 42, perhaps a praetor of uncertain date (MRR 2.465). The praenomen L. does appear in the record of the gens Quinctilia. The officer whom Cassius left at Rhodes (2.368) should be listed as L. Varus (Syme, Historia 5, 1956, 208-RP 1.319). The man who died at Philippi in the insignia of office (Vell. 2.71.2) was a Quinctilius Varus, and may be identified with Sex. Quinctilius Varus (17). Quaestor 49 (MRR 2.259). It is uncertain if he attained the praetorship, but at least the plural is used of his honores by 42 (Vell. 2.71.2). (RS, CP) (Broughton MRR III)