Carus I, the Emperor of the Roman Empire

Carus had been born in gaul but educated in rome, planting him firmly on the side of the old roman aristocracy. He was regarded enough by probis to be named pretorian prefect in early two 82. We don't even know if he was hailed as emperor fore or after probis was killed. All we do know is that the senate didn't fight the choice made by the syrmiun garrison. And none of the generals out on the frontiers who might have challenged carus chose to fight him. After dutifully punishing the men who had murdered probus, carus followed the lead of just about every other emperor who had come to power with living