Carus
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Marcus Aurelius Carus was Roman emperor from 282 to 283. During his short reign, Carus fought the Germanic tribes and Sarmatians along the Danube frontier with success.
Aureus of Carus, minted in Siscia
Possible bust of Carus in the Museo Archeologico Ostiense.
Panels at Naqsh-e Rustam, symbolizing the supposed victories of Bahram II over Carus (top) and Hormizd I Kushanshah (bottom).
Diocletian
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Diocletian, nicknamed Jovius, was Roman emperor from 284 until his abdication in 305. He was born Diocles to a family of low status in the Roman province of Dalmatia. As with other Illyrian soldiers o
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…Tacitus and Probus, who at least outwardly respected the authority of the senate, and was the precursor to the even more despotic military autocracy of Diocletian. Despite this, he still sought to deify the emperor Probus. Carus bestowed the title of Caesar upon his sons Carinus and Numerian, then, in the beginning…
Head of Diocletian wearing a corona civica, on display at Istanbul Archaeology Museums.
Panorama of amphitheatre in Salona.
Head of Carinus at the Centrale Montemartini.
Aureus of Diocletian minted c. 284, legend: imp c c val diocletianus p f aug.