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  • Vala Numonius
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  • From Velleius Paterculus' history of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: Vala Numonius, lieutenant of Varus, who, in the rest of his life, had been an inoffensive and an honorable man, also set a fearful example in that he left the infantry unprotected by the cavalry and in flight tried to reach the Rhine with his squadrons of horse. But fortune avenged his act, for he did not survive those whom he had abandoned, but died in the act of deserting them.
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Name
  • Vala Numonius
Cause of Death
  • Killed during Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Religion
  • Polytheism
Affiliations
  • Roman Army
Occupation
  • Cavalry officer
Nationality
abstract
  • From Velleius Paterculus' history of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest: Vala Numonius, lieutenant of Varus, who, in the rest of his life, had been an inoffensive and an honorable man, also set a fearful example in that he left the infantry unprotected by the cavalry and in flight tried to reach the Rhine with his squadrons of horse. But fortune avenged his act, for he did not survive those whom he had abandoned, but died in the act of deserting them.