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Carus
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Carus (Marcus Aurelius Carus) (kâr`əs), d. 283, Roman emperor (282–83). Praetorian prefect under Probus Probus (Marcus Aurelius Probus) (prō`bəs), d. 282, Roman emperor (276–82), b. Pannonia.
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, he was made emperor by the soldiers after the murder of Probus. Leaving his son Carinus Carinus (Marcus Aurelius Carinus) (kərī`nəs), d. 285, Roman emperor (283–85).
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 in command of the West, Carus and another son, Numerianus, went on a campaign in the East. He defeated the Sarmatians, successfully attacked the Parthians, and took Ctesiphon. Soon afterward he died mysteriously.

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