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Vala Numonius
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Historical Figure
Nationality: Roman Empire
Year of Birth: 1st Century BCE
Year of Death: 9 CE
Cause of Death: Killed during Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Religion: Roman pantheon
Occupation: Cavalry officer
Military Branch: Roman Army
Fictional Appearances:
Give Me Back My Legions!
Set in OTL
Type of Appearance: Direct POV
Cause of Death: Killed by angry villagers


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.

Vala Numonius in Give Me Back My Legions![]

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