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Some sources say that Varus was marching to put down a rebellion in the north, others say he was relocating to a winter camp when the ambush took place.
Varus may have been counting on Augustus to give the husband of a favored grand-niece an easy and profitable assignment.
Quintilius Varus was born of a noble rather than illustrious family, was of a mild disposition, of sedate manners, and being somewhat indolent as well, in body as in mind, was more accustomed to ease in a camp than to action in the field.
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