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CARUS, MARCUS AURELIUS

This article appears in Volume V05, Page 437 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CAR-CAU
CARUS, MARCUS AURELIUS , Roman emperor A.D. 282283, was born probably at Narbona (more correctly, Narona) in Illyria, but was educated at Rome. He was a senator, and had filled various civil and military posts before he was appointed prefect of the praetorian
guards
  by the emperor Probus, after whose murder at Sirmium he was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers. Although
Carus
  severely avenged the death of Probus, he was himself suspected of having been an accessory to the deed. He does not seem to have returned to Rome after his accession, but contented himself with an announcement of the fact to the senate. Bestowing the title of Caesar upon his sons Carinus and Numerianus, he left Carinus in charge of the western portion of the
empire
 , and took Numerianus with him on the expedition against the Persians which had been contemplated by Probus. Having defeated the Quadi and Sarmatians on the Danube,
Carus
  proceeded through Thrace and
Asia
 
Minor
 , conquered
Mesopotamia
 , pressed on to Seleucia and Ctesiphon, and carried his arms beyond the
Tigris
 . But his hopes of further conquest were cut short by his death. One day, after a violent
storm
 , it was announced that he was dead. His death was variously attributed to disease, the effects of lightning, or a won't(
received in a campaign against the Huns; but it seems more probable that he was murdered by the soldiers, who were averse from further campaigns against Persia, at the instigation of Arrius Aper, prefect of the praetorian guard. Carus seems to have belied the hopes entertained of him on his accession, and to have developed into a morose and suspicious
tyrant
 .


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