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In an act of clementia denoted by the epitomator of Aurelius Victor as unusual, [52] Diocletian did not kill or depose Carinus's traitorous praetorian prefect and consul Aristobulus, but confirmed him in both roles. [53] He later gave him the proconsulate of Africa and the post of urban prefect for 295. [54]
Marcus Aurelius Carinus (died 285) was Roman Emperor from 283 to 285. The eldest son of the Emperor Carus, he was first appointed Caesar in late 282, then given the title of Augustus in early 283, and made co-emperor of the western part of the Empire by his father. [4] Official accounts of his character and career, which portray him as ...
The resulting civil war saw Carinus at first prevail over the Pannonian armies of the usurper Julian, and later the defeat of his armies by Diocletian at the Margus River, near the ancient city and legionary fortress of Singidunum. Carinus died due to a conspiracy of his own generals (spring of 285). [231]
Carus bestowed the title of Caesar upon his sons Carinus and Numerian, [22] [23] then, in the beginning of 283, he elevated Carinus to the rank of Augustus, leaving him in charge of the western portion of the empire to look after some disturbances in Gaul [24] and took Numerian with him on an expedition against the Persians, which had been ...
Carus gave his sons Carinus and Numerian the title Caesar. 283: Carus died. 284: Numerian died. 20 November: Roman forces in the east elected the consul Diocletian their ruler and proclaimed him augustus. 285: July: Battle of the Margus: Forces loyal to Diocletian defeated Carinus in battle on the Morava. Carinus was killed. July: Diocletian ...
In fact, we know that, with Diocletian's Tetrarchy reforms, the total number of legions was brought to 55 or 56 in the year 300. [25] Constantine's accession to the throne and the return of a dynastic monarchy brought about the final increase of the number of Roman legions to 62 or 64 around the year 330.
Constantine at the battle of the Milvian Bridge, fresco by Raphael, Vatican Rooms. The civil wars of the Tetrarchy were a series of conflicts between the co-emperors of the Roman Empire, starting from 306 AD with the usurpation [1] of Maxentius and the defeat of Severus to the defeat of Licinius at the hands of Constantine I in 324 AD.
In July 285, Diocletian defeated rival emperor Carinus and briefly became sole emperor of the Roman Empire. Diocletian's reign stabilised the empire and marked the end of the Crisis of the Third Century. Diocletian appointed a co-emperor in 286 and delegated further with two junior-emperors.