The emperor immediately preceding Diocletian's rise. Brownworth calls him 'the emperor of the moment' in 283 — a former head of the praetorian guard who had seized the throne from his predecessor. He was killed by a bolt of lightning on campaign against Persia, which Brownworth suggests was probably Diocletian's doing.
Also known as: Marcus Aurelius Carus · Charis
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The emperor immediately preceding Diocletian's rise. Brownworth calls him 'the emperor of the moment' in 283 — a former head of the praetorian guard who had seized the throne from his predecessor. He was killed by a bolt of lightning on campaign against Persia, which Brownworth suggests was probably Diocletian's doing.
“Charis had two sons, Carinus, a bit of a playboy, but a good general, and Numarian, a decent”
“In 283 Charis decided to go east on one of the Roman Empire's chronic wars with Persia.”
“got no further because there, on the banks of the Tigris, the 59 year old Charis was”
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