Episode CCXXXII - Carus and Sons

Emperors of Rome

La Trobe University

Roman Emire, Rhiannon Evans, Biography, Emperor, La Trobe University, Roman History, Julius Caesar, Rome, Caesar, Ancient History, History, Caillan Davenport, Roman Emperors

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🗓️ 8 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

As the wild and crazy experiment of the 3rd century winds to a conclusion, a man named Carus steps into the purple, with an imperial dynasty ready to go. But Rome has grown unwieldy. Challenged by enemies from beyond and within, it will take quite a leader to hold the empire together.

Guest:
Associate Professor Caillan Davenport (Head of the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University)

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0:00.0	Arveh, and welcome to Emperors of Rome, a Roman history podcast from La Trobe University.
0:11.6	I'm your host, Matt Smith, and with me today is Associate Professor Kalyn Davenport,
0:17.0	headed the Centre for Classical Studies at the Australian National University.
0:21.5	This is episode CCXXII, Carus and Sons.
0:27.6	As the wild and crazy experiment of the third century winds to a conclusion,
0:32.5	a man named Carus steps into the purple, with an imperial dynasty ready to go.
0:37.5	But Rome has grown unwieldy, challenged by enemies from beyond and within.
0:42.6	It will take quite a leader to hold the empire together.
0:46.3	Here's Kaelin Davenport.
0:48.4	Sorry, I just realized that my intro made it seem like I meant that Kaelin is the man who will hold the Roman Empire together.
0:55.2	And don't get me wrong, much love to Kalin, but Rome has something else in mind.
0:59.5	Here's Kalyn Davenport.
1:01.4	Sorry, sorry, look, I just did it again.
1:03.4	No, Kalin is not the man that Rome had in mind.
1:07.1	Look, let's just start the podcast, shall we?
1:09.3	Okay.
1:11.0	When Probist dies in the summer of 282, that's the Northern Hemisphere Summer, the next
1:17.3	emperor is his Praetorian prefect, Marks Aurelius Carus. And there are two stories here,
1:24.8	one that Probus was killed by his troops because he was putting them to work
1:31.3	on too much infrastructure. The other is that Carus actually rebelled. Probus sent his army
1:39.0	against Carus, and then his troops defected to Carus, then murdered Probus. So one story is that Karas was
1:47.3	involved. Another story is that he wasn't. Okay. Likelihood? I'd say it's pretty likely he was involved
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