Carus
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Generals, Military Officers, Soldiers, Empires, Dynasties, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History
Article abstract: Military significance: With his victories in Mesopotamia, Carus reasserted Roman preeminence vis-à-vis the Sāsānid Empire.
Probably born at Narbonne, in southern Gaul, Carus rose through the ranks to become the praetorian prefect of the emperor Marcus Aurelius Probus. When he led a rebellion with those forces stationed in the provinces of Raetia and Noricum in September, 282, the troops serving under Probus at Sirmium mutinied and killed the emperor.
After making his two sons, Carinus and Numerian, co-emperors, Carus traveled to Rome,...
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