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Gaius Visellius Varro
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'''Gaius Visellius Varro''' was a [[Roman Empire|Roman]] [[Roman senate|senator]], who was active during the reign of [[Augustus]]. He was [[Roman consul|suffect consul]] in the second half of AD 12, replacing [[Gaius Fonteius Capito (consul AD 12)|Gaius Fonteius Capito]].<ref>Alison E. Cooley, ''The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy'' (Cambridge: University Press, 2012), p. 459</ref> He was governor of [[Germania Inferior]] in the year 21.<ref>[[Tacitus]], ''[[Annales (Tacitus)|Annales]]'' iii.41</ref>
Varro was the son of [[Gaius Visellius Varro (military tribune)|Gaius Visellius Varro]], curule aedile. Although the name of his wife has not come down to us, he is known to be the father of [[Lucius Visellius Varro]] consul in the year 24.
== Life ==
His consulate was later known for several pieces of important legislation, which included the ''lex Visella de jure Quiritium Latinorum qui inter vigiles militaverant'', and the ''Lex Visella poenis libertinorum qua ingenuorum honores usupabant''.<ref>Steven Rutledge, ''Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and informants from Tiberius to Domitian'' (London: Routledge, 2001), p. 284</ref>
During his tenure as governor of Germania Inferior, a faction of [[Treveri]], led by [[Julius Florus]] and allied with the Aeduan [[Julius Sacrovir]], led a rebellion of Gaulish debtors against the Romans. Varro and [[Gaius Silius]], then governor of [[Germania Superior]], quarreled over who would lead the campaign to crush the rebellion, but as Varro was old and infirm, he yielded to Silius. This would serve as the pretext for Varro's son prosecuting Silius for being complicit in Sacrovir's revolt, and misappropriating money from the provincial government in Gaul, which ended with Silius' death.<ref>Tacitus, ''Annales'' iii.41-43</ref>
According to [[Frontinus]], Varro the elder was appointed ''curator riparum et alvei Tiberis'' with [[Gaius Vibius Rufus]].<ref>Frontinus, ''[[De aquaeductu]]'', 102</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1st-century Romans]]
[[Category:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Germania Inferior]]
[[Category:Visellii|Varro, Gaius Visellius]]
Varro was the son of [[Gaius Visellius Varro (military tribune)|Gaius Visellius Varro]], curule aedile. Although the name of his wife has not come down to us, he is known to be the father of [[Lucius Visellius Varro]] consul in the year 24.
== Life ==
His consulate was later known for several pieces of important legislation, which included the ''lex Visella de jure Quiritium Latinorum qui inter vigiles militaverant'', and the ''Lex Visella poenis libertinorum qua ingenuorum honores usupabant''.<ref>Steven Rutledge, ''Imperial Inquisitions: Prosecutors and informants from Tiberius to Domitian'' (London: Routledge, 2001), p. 284</ref>
During his tenure as governor of Germania Inferior, a faction of [[Treveri]], led by [[Julius Florus]] and allied with the Aeduan [[Julius Sacrovir]], led a rebellion of Gaulish debtors against the Romans. Varro and [[Gaius Silius]], then governor of [[Germania Superior]], quarreled over who would lead the campaign to crush the rebellion, but as Varro was old and infirm, he yielded to Silius. This would serve as the pretext for Varro's son prosecuting Silius for being complicit in Sacrovir's revolt, and misappropriating money from the provincial government in Gaul, which ended with Silius' death.<ref>Tacitus, ''Annales'' iii.41-43</ref>
According to [[Frontinus]], Varro the elder was appointed ''curator riparum et alvei Tiberis'' with [[Gaius Vibius Rufus]].<ref>Frontinus, ''[[De aquaeductu]]'', 102</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:1st-century Romans]]
[[Category:Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome]]
[[Category:Roman governors of Germania Inferior]]
[[Category:Visellii|Varro, Gaius Visellius]]
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