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CARINUS, MARCUS AURELIUS

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CARINUS, See also:MARCUS AURELIUS , See also:Roman See also:emperor, A.D. 283-284, was the See also:elder son of the emperor See also:Carus, on whose See also:accession he was appointed See also:governor of the western portion of the See also:empire. He fought with success against the See also:German tribes, but soon See also:left the See also:defence of the Upper See also:Rhine to his legates and returned to See also:Rome, where he abandoned himself to all kinds of debauchery and excess. He also celebrated the ludi Romani on a See also:scale of unexampled magnificence. After the See also:death of Carus, the See also:army in the See also:East demanded to be led back to See also:Europe, and See also:Numerianus, the younger son of Carus, was forced to comply. During a See also:halt at See also:Chalcedon, Numerianus was murdered, and See also:Diocletian, See also:commander of the See also:body-See also:guards, was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers. Carinus at once left Rome and set out for the East to meet Diocletian. On his way through See also:Pannonia he put down the usurper M. Aurelius Julianus, and encountered the army of Diocletian in See also:Moesia. Carinus was successful in several engagements, and at the See also:battle on the Margus (Morava), according to one See also:account, the valour of his troops had gained the See also:day, when he was assassinated by a See also:tribune whose wife he had seduced. In another account, the battle is represented as having resulted in a See also:complete victory for Diocletian. Carinushas the reputation of having been one of the worst of the emperors.

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recital of his crimes) ; Aurelius See also:Victor, De Caesaribus, 38, Epit. 38; See also:Eutropius ix. 18-20; See also:Zonaras xii. 30; See also:Orosius vii. 25; Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie, ii. 24 if. (Henze).

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