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Carinus

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Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (kərī`nəs), d. 285, Roman emperor (283–85). He was the son of Carus Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus) , d. 283, Roman emperor (282–83). Praetorian prefect under Probus, he was made emperor by the soldiers after the murder of Probus.
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, who left Carinus as ruler in the West when he went to the East on a campaign against the Parthians. On the death of Carus, Carinus succeeded in the West, and his brother Numerianus succeeded in the East. After the murder of Numerianus, Diocletian Diocletian (Caius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus) , 245–313, Roman emperor (284–305), b. near Salona, Dalmatia (the modern Split, Croatia). Of humble birth, he obtained high military command under Probus and Aurelian and fought under Carus in Persia.
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 was chosen (284) emperor in the East by the soldiers. Carinus set out to defeat the new claimant and met him in battle. At the moment of victory, however, Carinus was murdered by one of his own soldiers, and Diocletian became sole emperor.


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Dr Johann Carinus, a doctor at BUPA Wellness in King's Cross, London, said: "I was concerned about Rebecca's weight and BMI, which both put her in a dangerous category and the percentage of her body made up by fat was too high.
It is no less likely that Montanus would remember his first son's name than that Carinus would remember what Dametas had told him twenty years before.
 
 
 
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