Varanes (other)
Varanes is a Roman name of Persian origin, derived by the name Bahram. * Varanes (consul 410), Roman consul in 410; * Varanes (consul 456), Roman consul The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...

Bahram (other)
Bahram may refer to: People * Bahram (name) Other uses * Bahram (''Shahnameh''), a heroic character in the Iranian epic poem * Bahram (horse) Bahram (1932–1956) was an Irish-bred, English-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was undefeated in nine races in a career that lasted from July 1934 until September 1935. He was named "horse of the century". The leading British two-year-old o ..., the 1935 Triple Crown Champion of British Thoroughbred Racing * Bahram, Iran (other), several places See also * Behram (other) * Bihram, a Mandaean celestial being and given name * Vahram (other) * '' Behram Khan'', a 1946 Indian film about the Mughal commander Bairam Khan {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Varanes (consul 410)
Varanes (''floruit'' 393–410) was a politician and general of the Western and Eastern Roman Empires. Biography His name suggests a Persian origin. In 393, Varanes was at the court in Constantinople. He probably followed Emperor Theodosius I to the West in 394, in his war against the usurper Eugenius. He remained there, after Theodosius' death, under his son and successor Honorius. In 408, after the death of Stilicho (August 22), he was appointed ''Magister peditum'', but a little later his office was given to the ''Magister equitum'' Turpilio. The following year he was again in Constantinople, where he probably had received the office of ''Magister militum praesentalis''; on this occasion, he suppressed a popular revolt caused by a food shortage. He had the collaboration of Arsacius and Synesius. He was appointed Consul for the year 410, without colleague. That year Rome was besieged by the Visigoths of Alaric I, who would eventually sack the city; the usurper Priscus Attalus ...
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Roman Consul
The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspiredafter that of the Roman censor, censor, which was reserved for former consuls. Each year, the Centuriate Assembly elected two consuls to serve jointly for a one-year term. The consuls alternated each month holding ''fasces'' (taking turns leading) when both were in Rome. A consul's ''imperium'' (military power) extended over Rome and all its Roman provinces, provinces. Having two consuls created a check on the power of any one individual, in accordance with the republican belief that the powers of the former King of Rome, kings of Rome should be spread out into multiple offices. To that end, each consul could veto the actions of the other consul. After the establishment of the Roman Empire, Empire (27 BC), the consuls became mere symboli ...
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Varanes (consul 456)
Varanes is a Roman name of Persian origin, derived by the name Bahram. * Varanes (consul 410), Roman consul in 410; * Varanes (consul 456), Roman consul The consuls were the highest elected public officials of the Roman Republic ( to 27 BC). Romans considered the consulship the second-highest level of the ''cursus honorum''an ascending sequence of public offices to which politicians aspire ...