Venarium

Venarium is a fortress and the site of a battle involving a young, in stories by Robert R. Howard and others. When the Aquilonian Empire attempted to colonize, it built Venarium to hold down the region. The natives would not stand for this, attacking the fortress, razing it to the ground, and killing most of the defenders.

The description of the Battle of Venarium in Howard's writings appears to be based on the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. It has been depicted in "Barbarians at the Gate" (Conan the Adventurer issue 1) by Roy Thomas and Rafael Kayanan, and Conan of Venarium by Harry Turtledove. These are different interpretations which are not coordinated with each other.

Venarium in Conan of Venarium
The Aquilonian Empire pressed into with overwhelming numbers and superior tactics and weaponry, easily overwhelming the natives. The Aquilonians constructed a number of forts to consolidate their conquest, the last of which was called Venarium.

Under the leadership of the military governor Count Stercus, Venarium endured for two years. It was planned to be the nucleus of a genuine Aquilonian city. This was not to be. Stercus' scandalous sexual licentiousness, and his casual murder of a few civilians, provoked the natives to full-blown insurrection, and Venarium was razed to the ground.