Numerian
The greatest writer of Greek comedy. He lived at Athens, B.C. 444-388. His father, Philippus, is said to have been not a native Athenian, but a settler from Rhodes or Egypt, who afterwards acquired citizenship. However this may be, the demagogue Cleon, whose displeasure Aristophanes had incurred, tried to call in question his right to the citizensh...
Read More
Nu-me'ri-an, [Lat. Numeria'nus; Fr. Numeriex,
nu'mS're4,N',| (Marcus Aurelius,) son of Cams, succeeded
him as Emperor of Rome in 284 A.D., in conjunction
with his brother Carinus. He was afterwards put
to death in the same year, as is supposed, by his fatherin-
law, Arrius, and Diocletian was chosen emperor.
Numerianus was famed as an orator and a ...
Read More
Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus (d. November, 284), known in English as Numerian, was a Roman Emperor (December 283 –
November, 284), together with his brother Carinus. They were sons of Carus, a Gaul raised to the office of praetorian prefect
under Emperor Probus in 282.
Reign -
In 282, the legions of the upper Danube in Raetia and Noricum...
Read More
Marcus Aurelius. A Roman who succeeded to the imperial throne conjointly with his elder brother Carinus, after the death of their father Carus, at the
beginning of A.D. 284. Numerianus was with the army in Mesopotamia at the death of Probus; but, instead of following up the advantage which his father had
gained over the Persians, he was compelled...
Read More
