Carus
| Carus | |
|---|---|
| Roman Emperor | |
 Coin bearing the likeness of Carus. | |
| Reign | |
| September 282 - August 283 (~ 12 months) | |
| Period | Illyrian emperors |
| Predecessor (s) | Probus |
| Successor (s) | Numerian and Carin |
| Biography | |
| Birth | c. 230 - Narbonne ( Narbonne ) or Narona ( Dalmatia ) |
| Original Name | Marcus Aurelius Carus |
| Deaths | August 283 (~ 53 years) near Ctesiphon ( Persian ) |
| Descent | (1) Carin (2) Numerian |
| List of Roman Emperors | |
Carus (c. 230 - 283 ) was Roman emperor from 282 to 283 , father of Carin and Numerian its successors.
Biography
He was born about 230 in Narbo in Narbonne Gaul by Eutropius or Narona in Dalmatia. The Historia Augusta expresses his embarrassment by identifying various sources according to the authors she cites, all intended to prove true ancestry of a Roman citizen.
Proconsul in Cilicia , and was appointed praetorian prefect by Probus , probably from 276 , he was proclaimed emperor by the army of Rhaetia and Noricum in 282. At first he refuses, then agrees to the news of the death of Probus , killed at Sirmium by his soldiers. It immediately gives the title of Caesar in his two son Carin and Numerian.
The organization of the imperial power with several emperors governing concert began to predominate: leaving the government of the West to his son Carin , from the East with Carus Numerian. He defeated the Sarmatians in its passage into Pannonia , and began the campaign that Probus had prepared against the Persians , old enemies and now weakened since the death of their king Shapur I..
The campaign is successful, Carus crosses Mesopotamia and reached Ctesiphon the capital of Persia. There he died suddenly in August 283 , under mysterious circumstances: already ill, he was struck by lightning in his tent. The circumstances of his disappearance is extraordinary, but it is admitted by the army, which remains faithful to his son Numerian , although they no longer want to continue the war and demand back into the Roman territories. The army therefore retirement and back into the province of Asia , where Numerian find death.
Names successive
- To 230 , born Marcus Aurelius Carus
- 282 , accesses the Empire: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus
- 283 , Titulature to his death: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus Germanicus Britannicus Maximus Maximus persicus Maximus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribuniciae potestatis II Imperator I, II Consul
See also
Bibliography
- Augustan History , author unknown;
- The Emperors Roman, Francois Zosso and Christian Zingg , 1995 , Wandering Publishing , ( ISBN 2877722260 );
- General History of the Roman Empire, Paul Little , 1974 , Editions du Seuil , ( ISBN 2020026775 ).
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