Probus
Pro'bus, (Marcus Aurei.ius,) an excellent Roman
emperor, born at Sirmium about 235 A.D. He served
with distinction in the armies of Valerian and succeeding
emperors, in Egypt, Arabia, Persia, and Germany. He
received the command of all the legions in the East from
Tacitus, at whose death, in 276 A.D., Probus was proclaimed
emperor by his army. The ...
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Marcus Aurelius Probus (c. 19 August 232 – September/October 282), commonly known as Probus, was Roman Emperor from 276
to 282. During his reign, the Rhine and Danube frontier was strengthened after successful wars against several Germanic
tribes such as the Goths, Alamanni, Longiones, Franks, Burgundians, and Vandals.
Born in 232 in Sirmium (Sr...
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A Roman emperor (A.D. 276-282). He was a native of Sirmium in Pannonia, and rose to distinction by his
military abilities. He was appointed, by the emperor Tacitus, governor of the whole East, and, upon the death
of that sovereign, the purple was forced upon his acceptance by the armies of Syria. The downfall of Florianus
(q.v.) speedily removed...
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