[Born probably at Rome, A.D. 249. Died in Moesia, A.D. 285. Aged 36.]
Eldest son of the Emperor Carus. Was appointed to the command of the
Western Provinces, A.D. 282. In A.D. 283, on the death of his father,
was associated in the government with his brother Numerianus, who was
assassinated when Diocletian was proclaimed Emperor by the army in
Asia. Carinus marched against Diocletian, but in the moment of triumph
he was slain by one of his own officers, whose domestic happiness he had
destroyed. Carinus was a brave and skilful general, but a profligate and
vicious man. He was sensual and ferocious.
[From the marble in the Capitoline Museum at Rome.]