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Centurions of the Roman army

This article is about historic figures. For fictional characters, see Lucius Vorenus (Rome character) and Titus Pullo (Rome character).

"Varenus" redirects here.

For other persons named Varenus, Vorenus, or Varenius, see Varena gens.

Lucius Vorenus and Titus Pullo, or rather Lucius Varenus and Titus Pulfio^[1] were two Romancenturions mentioned in the personal writings of Julius Caesar.

Although it is sometimes stated they were members of the 11th Legion (Legio XI Claudia), Caesar never states the number of the legion concerned, giving only the words in ea legione ("in that legion").

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All that is known is that the legion in which they served under Caesar was one commanded at the time by Quintus Cicero.

Known life

Vorenus and Pullo appear in Caesar's Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Book 5, Chapter 44.

The episode describes the two as centurions, approaching the first ranks, who shared a bitter personal rivalr