Probus

Probus: emperor of the Roman world (r. 276-282).

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Successor of: Tacitus, Florianus

Relatives:

232 Born in Sirmium
Military service along the Danube during the reign of Valerian
276 Death of Tacitus and Florianus; Probus proclaimed emperor by the eastern armies; in the Sasanian empire; Bahram II succeeds Bahram I
277 Consul (with Paulinus); war against the Visigoths; accepts the title Gothicus
278 Consul II (with Virius Lupus); restores order in Gaul and the Rhineland; accepts the title Germanicus Maximus
279 Consul III (with Nonius Paternus II); war against the Isaurians in Asia Minor and the Blemmyans in Egypt; accepts the title Persicus Maximus and Medicus Maximus
280 Insurrection of Bonosus and Proculus in Cologne; Probus attacks
281 Consul IV (with Gaius Junius Tiberianus); Bonosus commits suicide; Proculus flees to the Franks but is handed over to Probus; the Rhine frontier restored; triumph in Rome; revolt of Saturninus in Antioch, but killed in Apamea
282 Consul V (with Victorinus); killed by soldiers

New legions: I Isaura Sagitaria; II Isaura; III Isaura

Buildings: completes the Wall of Aurelian

Succeeded by: Carus