Numerian | |||||||||
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Roman emperor | |||||||||
Augustus Caesar | July 283 – November 284 282 – July 283 | ||||||||
Predecessor | Carus | ||||||||
Successor | Diocletian | ||||||||
Co-emperors | Carinus (283–284) | ||||||||
Died | November 284 Emesa | ||||||||
Spouse | Daughter of Arrius Aper | ||||||||
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Father | Carus |
Numerian (Latin: Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus;[2] 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.[3]