Numerian

Numerian
Grey coin depicting Numerian
Antoninianus of Numerian
Roman emperor
Augustus
Caesar
July 283 – November 284
282 – July 283
PredecessorCarus
SuccessorDiocletian
Co-emperorsCarinus (283–284)
DiedNovember 284
Emesa
SpouseDaughter of Arrius Aper
Names
Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus
Marcus Aurelius Numerianus nobilissimus Caesar (282)[1]
Regnal name
Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerianus Augustus[1]
FatherCarus

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]

  1. ^ a b Cooley, Alison E. (2012). The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy. Cambridge University Press. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-521-84026-2.
  2. ^ Jones, Martindale & Morris, p. 634.
  3. ^ Leadbetter, "Carus."