Carus

See also: Carus (homonymy)

Carus ( Marcus Aurelius Carus ) (v. 230 - 283) was Roman Emperor of 282 - 283.

It was born towards 230 with Narbonne as a Gaulle according to Eutrope (historian) or in Narona in Dalmatie. The Histoire Auguste expresses his embarrassment by counting various origins according to the authors whom it quotes, all intended to prove an ascent of true Roman citizen.

Proconsul in Cilicie, then named Prefect of the court by Probus, probably from 276, it is proclaimed emperor by the army of Rhétie and Norique into 282. Initially, he refuses, then accepts with the news of dead of Probus, assassinated with Sirmium by his soldiers. He grants at once the title of César to his two sons Carin and Numérien.

The organization of the imperial capacity with several emperors controlling in concert starts to be essential: leaving the government of the Occident to his/her Carin son, Carus leaves in the East with Numérien. It beats the Sarmates with its passage in Pannonia, and starts the countryside that Probus had prepared against the Perses, enemies of always and at present weakened since the death of their king Shapur Ier.

The countryside is success, Carus crosses Mésopotamie and arrives to Ctésiphon the capital of Persians. It is there that he dies suddenly in December 283, in mysterious circumstances: already sick, it would have been struck by the lightning in its tent. The circumstance of this disappearance is extraordinary, but it is allowed by the army, which remains faithful to his/her Numérien son.

Successive names

  • Towards 230, is born Marcus Aurelius Carus
  • 282, reaches the Empire: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus
  • 276, titulature with its death: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carus Pius Felix Invictus Augustus Germanicus Maximus Britannicus Maximus Persicus Maximus, Pontifex Maximus, Tribuniciae Potestatis II, Imperator I, Consul II

See too

Sources

  • the Roman Emperors , of François Zosso and Christian Zingg, 1995, edition wandering
  • general History of the Roman Empire , Small Paul, 1974, Threshold

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