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Numerian

Numerian (; died November 284) was Roman emperor from 283 to 284 with his older brother Carinus. They were sons of Carus, a general raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282.

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Numerian was a Roman emperor who ruled jointly with his older brother Carinus for about a year, from 283 until his death in November 284. He was the son of Carus, a military general who had risen to become praetorian prefect (a high administrative position) under the previous emperor Probus.

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Royalty.death_place: Emesa
Royalty.spouse: Daughter of Arrius Aper
Royalty.full name: Marcus Aurelius Numerius NumerianusMarcus Aurelius Numerianus nobilissimus Caesar (282)
Royalty.regnal name: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerianus Augustus
Royalty.father: Carus
Royalty.name: Numerian
Royalty.image: NumerianusAntoninianus.jpg
Royalty.alt: Grey coin depicting Numerian
Royalty.caption: Antoninianus of Numerian
Royalty.succession: Roman emperor
Royalty.reign: July 283 – November 284282 – July 283
Royalty.reign type: AugustusCaesar

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Early life and Carus' reign
Numerian and Carinus as Augusti
After Numerian's death
Character
Citations
References
Primary sources
Secondary sources
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==Early life and Carus' reign== thumb|Possible portrait head of Numerian in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston|left Numerian was the younger son of Carus. In 282, the legions of the upper Danube in Raetia and Noricum proclaimed as emperor Numerian's father, the praetorian prefect Marcus Aurelius Carus, after a mutiny against the emperor Probus, in which the latter was killed. By one account, Carus had himself rebelled against the emperor, and Probus' army, stationed in Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia), decided they did not wish to fight Carus and assassinated their emperor instead. According to the Historia Augusta, Carus was not responsible for Probus's death, and inflicted severe punishment upon the murderers. Carus, already sixty, wished to establish a dynasty and immediately elevated Carinus and Numerian to the rank of Caesar.