The Battle of the Margus was fought in July 285 between the armies of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Carinus in the valley of the Margus River in Moesia. Carinus led the larger force, but the loyalty of this army was definitely questionable. Carinus had allegedly alienated men whose support his success depended upon, including mistreating the Senate and its womenfolk and seducing the wives of his officers.

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  • The Battle of the Margus was fought in July 285 between the armies of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Carinus in the valley of the Margus River in Moesia. Carinus led the larger force, but the loyalty of this army was definitely questionable. Carinus had allegedly alienated men whose support his success depended upon, including mistreating the Senate and its womenfolk and seducing the wives of his officers. The exact circumstances of the battle are in doubt, but it is known for certain that Carinus was killed in the course of the battle, most probably by one of his own officers. Diocletian was then left in sole control of the Roman Empire. The tide of the battle may have tilted to Carinus at first, only to shift in Diocletian's favor after the defection of Carinus' Praetorian Prefect, Aristobulus. Some scholars suspect that Aristobulus was the officer responsible for the murder of Carinus, an argument that gains credibility in the fact that Diocletian afterward rewarded Aristobulus by confirming him in office as Praetorian Prefect and Consul for the remainder of 285.
  • La Bataille du Margus eut lieu en mars 285 près de Margus en Mésie sur les rives du Margus. Elle opposa les armées des empereurs romains rivaux Dioclétien et Carin.
  • La Battaglia del fiume Margus fu combattuta nel luglio 285 tra l'imperatore romano Carino e l'usurpatore Diocleziano. La vittoria del secondo mise fine alla Crisi del terzo secolo dell'impero romano. Diocleziano si era ribellato nell'oriente, dopo la morte dell'imperatore Numeriano. Il fratello e collega di Numeriano, Carino, si mosse dalla Britannia per affrontare l'usurpatore: i due eserciti si incontrarono sul fiume Margus, nei pressi di Viminacium, in Moesia. Secondo una tradizione avversa a Carino, l'imperatore vinse la battaglia, ma fu assassinato da uno dei suoi ufficiali al quale aveva sedotto la moglie. Una versione più verosimile è che gli ufficiali di Carino tradirono il proprio imperatore: è infatti noto che Diocleziano mantenne nel suo ufficio il prefetto del pretorio di Carino, il console Aurelio Aristobulo.
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  • July 285 BC
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  • The Battle of the Margus was fought in July 285 between the armies of Roman Emperors Diocletian and Carinus in the valley of the Margus River in Moesia. Carinus led the larger force, but the loyalty of this army was definitely questionable. Carinus had allegedly alienated men whose support his success depended upon, including mistreating the Senate and its womenfolk and seducing the wives of his officers.
  • La Bataille du Margus eut lieu en mars 285 près de Margus en Mésie sur les rives du Margus. Elle opposa les armées des empereurs romains rivaux Dioclétien et Carin.
  • La Battaglia del fiume Margus fu combattuta nel luglio 285 tra l'imperatore romano Carino e l'usurpatore Diocleziano. La vittoria del secondo mise fine alla Crisi del terzo secolo dell'impero romano. Diocleziano si era ribellato nell'oriente, dopo la morte dell'imperatore Numeriano. Il fratello e collega di Numeriano, Carino, si mosse dalla Britannia per affrontare l'usurpatore: i due eserciti si incontrarono sul fiume Margus, nei pressi di Viminacium, in Moesia.
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