Numerianus
    | NVMERIANVS (Marcus Aurelius), second son of Carus. was born about A.D. 254. Declared Caesar at the beginning of his father's reign, he accompanied him in the war against the Sarmatians, and afterwards against the Persians. On the death of Carus, A.D. 283, he was recognized Emperor of the army in Persia, conjointly with his elder brother Carinus, who resided in the west.-Unlike that brother, however, he was an excellent prince, endowed with the most amiable virtues, governed by the most honorable principles, eloquent, a good poet, a man of tried courage and sound wisdom, a decided supporter of the laws and a promoter of the public interests. Attacked by illness, and obliged to be conveyed in a litter, on his return to Europe, he was basely assassinated by his father-in-law Arrius Aper, near Heraclea, in Thrace, A.D. 284, to the great grief of his subjects, in the thirtieth year of his age, having reigned only nine months.--The honours of consecration were paid to his memory by Carinus or by Diocletian. The coins of this prince in the third brass are common--silver doubtful, if any--brass medallions are very rare--gold most rare. Some pieces represent him with his brother Carinus. Numerianus is styled M. AVR. NVMERIANVS. C. (On reverse sometimes PRINCEPS IVVENT.)--NVMERIANVS NOB. C.--IMP. NVMERIANVS. P.F. AVG.--IMP. NVMERIANVS INVICT. AVG. DIVVS. NVMERIANVS--The illustration taken from a fine brass medalion. Numerius, a surname peculiar to the Fabia family, and which the Latins designated by the single letter N.--Valerius Maximus informs us that only one of the Fabii who escaped the massacre of Cremera, where 306 of them perished, married the wife of Numerius Otacilius, on condition that the son whom he might have should bear the name of Numerius. The denarii of this family bear witness to the alleged fact that the Fabian race used the praenomen of Numerius, and expressed it solely by the letter N., as in N. FABI. PICTOR. Numerius Fabius Pictor.--Sigonius, however, states that two other ancient and patrician families, Furia and Quinctia, also used the surname of Numerius. Numidia, a part of Africa between Mauretania Caesariensis and the Carthaginian region, whose inhabitants were called Numidae by the Romans.--Jugurtha, king of Numidia, waged a long and bloody war against the Roman republic, twice subdues by the Consul Quintus Metellus, he again took up arms against the power of Rome; but though at first occasionally successful, he was finally vanquished by Marius, with Bocchus King of Mauritania, whom he had drawn over to his party. that traitor betrayed him to Marius, who conveyed him to Rome, dragged him in the train of his triumphal procession, and caused him to perish in prison. Numidia, in the year of Rome, became a province of the republic, and after the death of Lepidus, was ceded to Augustus.--For the kings of Numidia, on Roman coins, see Juba. |
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Numerian
| NVMERIANVS (Marcus Aurelius), second son of Carus. was born about A.D. 254. Declared Caesar at the beginning of his father's reign, he accompanied him in the war against the Sarmatians, and afterwards against the Persians. On the death of Carus, A.D. 283, he was recognized Emperor of the army in Persia, conjointly with his elder brother Carinus, who resided in the west.-Unlike that brother, however, he was an excellent prince, endowed with the most amiable virtues, governed by the most honorable principles, eloquent, a good poet, a man of tried courage and sound wisdom, a decided supporter of the laws and a promoter of the public interests. Attacked by illness, and obliged to be conveyed in a litter, on his return to Europe, he was basely assassinated by his father-in-law Arrius Aper, near Heraclea, in Thrace, A.D. 284, to the great grief of his subjects, in the thirtieth year of his age, having reigned only nine months.--The honours of consecration were paid to his memory by Carinus or by Diocletian. The coins of this prince in the third brass are common--silver doubtful, if any--brass medallions are very rare--gold most rare. Some pieces represent him with his brother Carinus. Numerianus is styled M. AVR. NVMERIANVS. C. (On reverse sometimes PRINCEPS IVVENT.)--NVMERIANVS NOB. C.--IMP. NVMERIANVS. P.F. AVG.--IMP. NVMERIANVS INVICT. AVG. DIVVS. NVMERIANVS--The illustration taken from a fine brass medalion. Numerius, a surname peculiar to the Fabia family, and which the Latins designated by the single letter N.--Valerius Maximus informs us that only one of the Fabii who escaped the massacre of Cremera, where 306 of them perished, married the wife of Numerius Otacilius, on condition that the son whom he might have should bear the name of Numerius. The denarii of this family bear witness to the alleged fact that the Fabian race used the praenomen of Numerius, and expressed it solely by the letter N., as in N. FABI. PICTOR. Numerius Fabius Pictor.--Sigonius, however, states that two other ancient and patrician families, Furia and Quinctia, also used the surname of Numerius. Numidia, a part of Africa between Mauretania Caesariensis and the Carthaginian region, whose inhabitants were called Numidae by the Romans.--Jugurtha, king of Numidia, waged a long and bloody war against the Roman republic, twice subdues by the Consul Quintus Metellus, he again took up arms against the power of Rome; but though at first occasionally successful, he was finally vanquished by Marius, with Bocchus King of Mauritania, whom he had drawn over to his party. that traitor betrayed him to Marius, who conveyed him to Rome, dragged him in the train of his triumphal procession, and caused him to perish in prison. Numidia, in the year of Rome, became a province of the republic, and after the death of Lepidus, was ceded to Augustus.--For the kings of Numidia, on Roman coins, see Juba. |
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