Lucius Aemilius Carus

Lucius Aemilius Carus^[1] (fl. 2nd century AD) was a Roman military officer and senator who served as consul suffectus for one of the nundinia in the first half of AD 144, with Quintus Egrilius Plarianus as his colleague.^[2] His life is known primarily through inscriptions.^[3]

Biography

The son of Lucius and a member of the

Plebeian Tribune before achieving the Praetorship.^[4]

Returning to the military sphere, Carus was granted the rank of

censitor of Gallia Lugdunensis. Finally, Carus was made Legatus Augusti pro praetore, or governor, of Cappadocia.^[7]

Carus was a member of the

sodales Flaviales, a less prominent collegium.^[7]

Family

Carus' son, also named Lucius Aemilius Carus, was Legatus Augusti pro praetore of the province of Tres Daciae in AD 174/175, and suffect consul at some point between 170 and 175.^[8]

Sources

Campbell, Brian (2006), The Roman Army, 31 BC - AD 337: A Sourcebook, Routledge
Klebs, Elimarus (1897), Prosopographia Imperii Romani, Saec. I, II, III, Pars I

References

^ The spelling Karus is also attested, and preferred by some experts
^ Werner Eck, "Die Fasti consulares der Regierungszeit des Antoninus Pius, eine Bestandsaufnahme seit Géza Alföldys Konsulat und Senatorenstand" in Studia epigraphica in memoriam Géza Alföldy, hg. W. Eck, B. Feher, and P. Kovács (Bonn, 2013), p. 74
^ Most notably, CIL VI, 1333
^ ^a ^b Klebs 1897, p. 27.
^ Cowan, R. Roman Legionary AD 69-161 (2013), p. 10
^ Birley, The Fasti of Roman Britain, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), pp. 17f
^ ^a ^b ^c Campbell 2006, p. 62.
^ Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 224 and note

Political offices
Preceded by Lucius Hedius Rufus Lollianus Avitus, and Titus Statilius Maximus as ordinary consuls	Suffect consul of the Roman Empire 144 with Quintus Egrilius Plarianus	Succeeded by ignotus, and Quintus Laberius Licinianus as suffect consuls

[1] The spelling Karus is also attested, and preferred by some experts

[2] Werner Eck, "Die Fasti consulares der Regierungszeit des Antoninus Pius, eine Bestandsaufnahme seit Géza Alföldys Konsulat und Senatorenstand" in Studia epigraphica in memoriam Géza Alföldy, hg. W. Eck, B. Feher, and P. Kovács (Bonn, 2013), p. 74

[3] Most notably, CIL VI, 1333

[FOOTNOTEKlebs189727-4] Klebs 1897, p. 27.

[5] Cowan, R. Roman Legionary AD 69-161 (2013), p. 10

[6] Birley, The Fasti of Roman Britain, (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981), pp. 17f

[FOOTNOTECampbell200662-7] Campbell 2006, p. 62.

[8] Géza Alföldy, Konsulat und Senatorenstand unter der Antoninen (Bonn: Rudolf Habelt Verlag, 1977), p. 224 and note

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