Varus (vā'rus)

The ancient name of the Var. Varus, Publius Quintilius. Died 9 A. D. Roman general. He was consul 13 B. C.; governor in Syria 6-4 B. C.; and commander in Germany 6-9 A. D. His rigorous measures led to a German alliance against him, and he was totally defeated by Arm in i us in the famous battle in the Teutoburgerwald 9 A. D. When he saw that the battle was lost, he fell upon his sword. This defeat profoundly affected the Romans, and the lo of his legions was bitterly lamented by August us. Varzin (värtsin). A village in Pomerania, Pru ia, southeast of Köslin. It is the residence of Bismarck. Varney (vär'ni), Richard. Master of the Vasa (vä'sä). A laen of Finland. Area, 16,084 horse to the Earl of Leicester, in Sir Walter square miles. Population (1890), 417,192. Scott's "Kenilworth." For his own advancement he Vasa, sa, Gustavus. See Gustavus 1. persuades his patron to disown his wife Amy Robsart, V consent murder, which Varney contrivsart Vásárhely. Cumnor Place. Varnhagen (värn-ä'gen), Francisco Adolpho de, Viscount of Porto Seguro (from 1874). Born at São João de Ypanema, São Paulo, Feb. 17, 1816: died at Vienna, Austria, June 29, 1878. An eminent Brazilian historian. His youth was pa ed in Portugal, where he fought against Dom Miguel in 1833-34. In 1841 he became a subject of Brazil, his na tive country; and thereafter he held diplomatic positions under the empire in Europe and America. Of his numerous and important historical works (nearly all relating to Brazil), the best-known are "Hist or i a geral do Brazil" (2 vols. 1854-57; revised edition 1875), "Hist or i a das lutas com os Hollandezes no monographs on Amerigo Vespucci. no Brazilu (2d ed. 1874), and several See Hód - Mező - Vásárhely and Maros - Vásárhely . Vasari (vä-sä're), Giorgio. Born at Arezzo, Italy, July 30, 1511: died at Florence, June 27, 1574. An Italian architect, painter, and writer on art. He painted many pictures in Florence, Rome, and elsewhere, and constructed part of the Uffizi Palace. He is best known from his biographies of artists (" Vite de' più eccelenti architetti, pittori, e scultori italian i," 1550; enlarged 1568). Vasco da Gama. See Gama . Vascones (vas'kō-nēz). A people which dwelt in the northern part of ancient Spain: the predece ors of the present Basques. See Basques . Vascongadas (väs-kon-gä'THäS). The Spanish name of the Basque Provinces. Vasconia (vas-ko'ni-ä). The Latin name of Gascony. Vashka (väsh'kä). A river in northern Ru ia, a tributary of the Mezen. Length, about Varnhagen von Ense (värn'hä-gen fon en'se), Karl August. Born at Dü eldorf, Pru ia, Feb. 21, 1785: died at Berlin, Oct. 10, 1858. A noted German prose-writer. He served in the Austrian and later in the Ru ian army, and after the War of Liberation was in the Pru ian diplomatic 200 miles. Erzählungen" (1815), poems (1816), "Goethe in den and political service. Among his works are "Deutsche Zeugni en der Mit leben den" ("Goethe in the Testi- monies of Contemporaries," 1824), "Biograph is che Denk- Vasili (väʼsē-lē) I. (II.). Grand prince of Mos- male" ("Biographical Monuments," 1824-30), lives of cow 1389-1425. Seydlitz, Queen Sophia Charlotte of Pru ia, the Count Vasili II. (III.), surnamed "The Blind." Grand of Schwerin, Marshal Keith, Bülow, etc., "Denkwürdig- keiten" (1837-46), "Tagebücher," correspondence with prince of Moscow 1425-62, son of Vasili I. (II.). his wife Rahel, "Blätter aus der pre us sis chen Ge- Vasili III. (IV.). Grand Prince of Moscow 1505- schichte," etc. son of Ivan III. published at Paris. He is noted orator, has held important diplomatic positions. His works include several novels, historical and critical studies, etc. von Ense. at Havana, Nov. 20, 1788: died at St. Augustine, Florida, Feb. 18, 1853. A Spanish-American author. He took orders in the Roman Catholic Church; was deputy to the Spanish Cortes 1822-23; and was one of the 66 deputies condemned to death in 1823. He escaped, and pa ed most of the remainder of his life in New York, where he was vicar-general from 1845. His writings, mainly on philosophical subjects, have had a wide circulation in Spain and Spanish America. Varennes (vä-ren'), Flight to. An attempt of Louis XVI. and the royal family to escape from France in 1791. They left Paris June 20-21, and were arrested at Varennes-en-Argonne June 22 and taken back to Paris by order of the National A embly. Varennes-en-Argonne (vä-ren'on-är-gon'). A small town in the department of Meuse, France, situated on the Aire 18 miles west of Verdun. See above. Varese (vä-rā'se), Lago di. A lake in northern Italy, east of Lago Maggiore. Length, 6 miles. Vargas (vär'gäs), José Maria. Born at La Guaira, March 2, 1786: died at New York, July 13, 1854. A Venezuelan politician. He was an eminent physician; was several times deputy to Congre ; and was elected president of Venezuela in Feb., 1835. Revolts broke out, and he resigned in April, 1836. Subsequently he held various public offices. He was greatly respected. Vargas, Luis de. Born at Seville, 1502: died Vargas, there, about 1568. A Spanish painter sh painter of religious subjects. Many of his works are at Seville. Var i court (vä-re-kör'), Reine Philiberte de. A poor but noble young girl adopted in 1776 by Voltaire. She married the Marquis de Villette. Vol. taire called her "Belle et Bonne," and to her was due much of the happine of his last years. Varina (va-ri'nä). The name given by Swift to Mi Waring, the sister of an old college friend. See Swift . IMG:content-1000.png:[blocks in formation] died 1575. An Italian anatomist. Varro (var'ō), Caius Terentius. Died after 200 B. C. A Roman politician. He was consul with Paulus 216 B. C., and was defeated with him at the battle of Cannæ. Varro, Marcus Terentius. Born at Reate, Italy, 116 B. c.: died about 27 B. C. A famous Roman scholar and author: the most learned of the Romans. He held various offices, and rose to the pretorship; joined the party of Pompey; was made by Cæsar director of the public library; and was proscribed by the second Triumvirate, but was saved by his friends. The total number of his works is about 74, comprising 620 books. Of these only two, "De lingua latina" and "De re rustic a," survive (the former only in part). Varro's prose writings embraced almost all branches of knowledge and literature, oratory, history both general and literary, jurisprudence, grammar, philosophy, geography, husbandry, etc. But in all this universal study, Varro always kept his own country and its past steadily in view, and through that portion of his writings exercised an immense influence, both directly and indirectly. The Christian Fathers especially, and among them eminently S. Augustine, studied and used him diligently. The most important prose works of Varro were his "Anti quit ates rerum human arum et divinarum," which long survived in literature, the books "De lingua latina," "Rerum rustic arum," the Encyclopædia of the artes liber a les ("Disciplinarum libri"), and his "Imagines."