Carinus

Carinus (283-285 CE) was a Roman Emperor during the Crisis of the Third Century (235-284 CE).

1. BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS

NAME:
- Carinus
CARINUS’ DATES OF REIGN AS EMPEROR:
- 283-285 CE.
CARINUS’ DATE OF BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Date of birth unknown. Died July 285 CE.
PLACE OF BIRTH AND DEATH:
- Place of birth unknown. Died at the River Margus
CARINUS’ PREDECESSOR:
- Carus
CARINUS’ SUCCESSOR:
- Numerian
- Diocletian
HEIR TO THE THRONE BECAUSE:
- He was named co-emperor by his father Carus
DIED PEACEFULLY OR ASSASSINATED:
- He was assassinated by a Tribune at the Battle of the Margus against Diocletian
WHERE BURIED:
- Unknown.
CARINUS WAS FAMOUS BECAUSE:
- Condemned by the Senate with a Damnatio Memoriae for being a bad Emperor, but they were most probably influenced by his rival Diocletian.

In 282 CE, Carinus was made co-emperor with his brother, Numerian.
When in 283 CE, Carus, his father, died in Parthia. He went on a campaign against the Quadi on the Rhine.
But when he returned to Rome, he received news that whilst the army from Parthia was returning through Chalcedon, his brother Numerian had died.

Diocletian, the commander of Numerian‘s bodyguards, announced he had been assassinated, and his soldiers proclaimed him Emperor instead of Carinus.
Carinus immediately went East to quell this Revolt by Diocletian. En-route, Carinus had to suppress a revolt in Pannonia, before confronting Diocletian‘s army at the Battle of the Margus in Moesia.
In 285 CE Carinus was assassinated by his own Tribune at the Battle of the Margus.