Gaius Terentius Varro

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Gaius Terentius Varro was a Roman consul and military commander best known for co-leading the Roman forces that suffered a devastating defeat to Hannibal at the Battle of Cannae during the Second Punic War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman general ⓘ
Roman politician ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
human ⓘ
activeIn 3rd century BC ⓘ
associatedWithLocation Cannae ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Cannae
associatedWithPeople Hannibal Barca ⓘ
Lucius Aemilius Paullus ⓘ
battleOutcome catastrophic Roman defeat at Cannae ⓘ
blamedFor Roman defeat at Cannae by some ancient sources ⓘ
campaignObjective to relieve the siege of Roman allies in Apulia and confront Hannibal ⓘ
coConsul Lucius Aemilius Paullus ⓘ
commandStructure alternating command with Lucius Aemilius Paullus at Cannae ⓘ
consulshipYear 216 BC ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Roman Republic ⓘ
deathDate after 216 BC (exact date unknown) ⓘ
deathPlace Roman Republic (uncertain specific location) ⓘ
linked to: Roman Republic
era Roman Republic ⓘ
familyBackground novus homo ⓘ
governedTerritory unspecified Roman province as praetor (attested but unclear) ⓘ
historicalSource Livy ⓘ
Polybius ⓘ
knownFor co-commanding Roman forces at the Battle of Cannae ⓘ
defeat at the Battle of Cannae ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Latin ⓘ
legacy example of Roman resilience after military disaster ⓘ
frequent subject of military-historical analysis of Cannae ⓘ
militaryConflict Second Punic War ⓘ
militaryEngagement Battle of Cannae ⓘ
militaryRank commander of consular army ⓘ
notableWork command of Roman army at the Battle of Cannae ⓘ
officeType plebeian consul ⓘ
opponent Hannibal Barca ⓘ
politicalAlignment representative of plebeian interests ⓘ
positionHeld aedile ⓘ
consul of the Roman Republic ⓘ
praetor ⓘ
quaestor ⓘ
praisedFor returning to Rome after Cannae and continuing public service ⓘ
receivedHonor thanks of the Roman Senate after Cannae for not despairing of the republic ⓘ
RomanTribe Terentia gens (plebeian family) ⓘ
linked to: Terence (surname)
socialClass plebeian ⓘ
supportedPoliticalFaction popularis tendency ⓘ
tacticalApproachAtCannae aggressive direct engagement with Hannibal’s forces ⓘ

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Hannibal → opponent → Gaius Terentius Varro ⓘ
subject linked to: Hannibal (Carthaginian general)
Battle of Cannae → commander → Gaius Terentius Varro ⓘ
Second Punic War → hasCommander → Gaius Terentius Varro ⓘ