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CARUS, MARCUS AURELIUS

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CARUS, See also:MARCUS AURELIUS , See also:Roman See also:emperor A.D. 282–283, was See also:born probably at Narbona (more correctly, Narona) in See also:Illyria, but was educated at See also:Rome. He was a senator, and had filled various See also:civil and military posts before he was appointed See also:prefect of the praetorian See also:guards by the emperor See also:Probus, after whose See also:murder at Sirmium he was proclaimed emperor by the soldiers. Although Carus severely avenged the See also:death of Probus, he was himself suspected of having been an See also:accessory to the See also:deed. He does not seem to have returned to Rome after his See also:accession, but contented himself with an announcement of the fact to the See also:senate. Bestowing the See also:title of See also:Caesar upon his sons See also:Carinus and See also:Numerianus, he See also:left Carinus in See also:charge of the western portion of the See also: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 See also:Danube, Carus proceeded through See also:Thrace and See also:Asia See also:Minor, conquered See also:Mesopotamia, pressed on to See also:Seleucia and See also:Ctesiphon, and carried his arms beyond the See also:Tigris. But his hopes of further See also:conquest were cut See also:short by his death. One See also:day, after a violent See also:storm, it was announced that he was dead. His death was variously attributed to disease, the effects of See also:lightning, or a won't( received in a See also:campaign against the See also:Huns; but it seems more probable that he was murdered by the soldiers, who were averse from further See also:campaigns against See also: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 See also:developed into a morose and suspicious See also:tyrant.

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