Carinus
Carinus: emperor of the Roman world (r. 283-285).
Names:
- c.250: Marcus Aurelius Carinus
- November 282: Marcus Aurelius Carinus Caesar
- Spring 283: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Carinus Augustus
- September 285: killed by an officer
Successor of: Carus
Relatives:
- father: Carus
- married to: Magnia Urbica
- children: Nigrinianus
Main deeds
- 282 proclaimed caesar by his father Carus
- 283 Consul (with Carus II); co-ruler; joins Carus' Sarmatian campaign; accepts the title Germanicus maximus; accepts the title Persicus maximus; death of Carus; accepts his brother Numerian as co-ruler; war against the Quadi
- 284 Consul II (with Numerian); accepts the title Britannicus maximus; death of Numerian
- 285 Consul III (with Titus Claudius Marcus Aurelius Aristobulus); Defeats the usurper Julian, who had succeeded Numerian; defeats the usurper Diocletian, but is killed by his soldiers
- Damnatio memoriae
Succeeded by: Maximianus
Links
- biography from the Historia Augusta