Senator Varius Conlista

Varius is a member of the Senate with patrician blood and holds a single major estate. Varius owns Neapolis shipyards and has relations with Greek city--‐states. He has recently supported building warships for their war effort against pirates who harm valuable trading networks between Italy and Greece, which gives him naval connections to the Greeks as well. He is extremely charismatic, and brash, perhaps emboldened by his naval power. He holds less ill will towards the Plebeian Council than most other patricians.
 * betrayed Rome, switched to Carthage
 * Convinced Hannibal that he was worth keeping.
 * Renamed Variclar
 * placed in an advisory position to the Carthaginian Naval Council