Carus

Reece Period attributed: Period 14

Member of the Third Century Emperors dynasty.

Coins for this issuer were issued from 282 until 283.

Marcus Aurelius Carus was born in 244 at Narbo. He was a highly popular military man and leader of the Praetorian Guard when he usurped power from Probus in 282. He immediately raised his two sons, Numerian and Carinus, to the rank of Caesar.

Carus entrusted Carinus, now also Augustus, with government and set out with Numerian for the East. They were highly successful, but Carus died in his tent in the middle of the campaign. The exact circumstances are unclear; supposedly the tent was struck by lightning, though some suggest one of his officers did him in.

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• Dbpedia: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Carus
• Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carus

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Information from Wikipedia

• Preferred label: Carus
• Full names:
  • Carus
• Title: Consul of the Roman Empire
• Predecessor: Marcus Aurelius Probus
• Successor: Numerian, Carinus
• Definition: Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus; c. 222 – July or August 283) was Roman Emperor from 282 to 283, and was 60 at ascension. During his short reign, Carus fought the Germanic tribes and Sarmatians along the Danube frontier with success. He died while campaigning against the Sassanid Empire, probably of unnatural causes, as he was reportedly struck by lightning. He was succeeded by his sons Carinus and Numerian, creating a dynasty which, though short-lived, provided further stability to the resurgent empire.
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• Birth place: Gallia Narbonensis, Narbonne
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• Other title(s):
  • List of Roman emperors
  • Consul of the Roman Empire
• Came After:
  • Numerian
  • Carinus
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  • Deaths from lightning strikes
  • 222 births
  • 283 deaths
  • Imperial Roman consuls
  • People of the Roman–Sasanian Wars
  • Aurelii
  • Praetorian prefects
  • Crisis of the Third Century
  • 3rd-century Roman emperors