Carinus

Reece Period attributed: Period 14

Member of the Third Century Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 283 until 285.

Marcus Aurelius Carinus was Carus’ elder son. He became Augustus on his father’s accession and was left in charge of the Western empire. After the mysterious deaths of both Carus and Numerian, Carinus found himself sole emperor. Soon, the eastern army proclaimed Diocletian emperor and he marched towards Rome, whence Carinus marched out against him.

Carinus campaigned successfully in Britain and had almost defeated the upstart Diocletian when past misdeeds caught up with him. He had reportedly seduced the wives of many of his officers, and one such officer killed the emperor. All the troops went over to Diocletian, who condemned the memories of Carus, Numerian, and Carinus.

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Other resources about Carinus

• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Carinus
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carinus
• VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/89202679

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Carinus
• Full names:
• Title: Consul of the Roman Empire
• Predecessor: Carus
• Successor: Diocletian
• Definition: Marcus Aurelius Carinus (died 285) was Roman emperor from 283 to 285. The elder son of emperor Carus, he was first appointed Caesar and in the beginning of 283 co-emperor of the western portion of the empire by his father. Official accounts of his character and career, which portray him as debauched and incapable, have been filtered through the propaganda of his successful opponent, Diocletian.
• Parents:
  • Father: Carus
  • Mother:
• Birth place:
• Death place: Moesia, Battle of the Margus
• Spouse:
  • Magnia Urbica
• Other title(s):
  • Consul of the Roman Empire
  • List of Roman emperors
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• Subjects on wikipedia:
  • Year of birth unknown
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • 3rd-century births
  • Crisis of the Third Century
  • Aurelii
  • 3rd-century Roman emperors
  • 3rd-century murdered monarchs
  • Sons of Roman emperors
  • Roman emperors to suffer posthumous denigration or damnatio memoriae
  • 285 deaths
  • Murdered Roman emperors