A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.

CARINUS,
a man of great military skill. (Hirt. B. Alex. 31.)
He was tribune of the plebs at the time of Caesar's death (B. c. 44); and as he was a supporter
of the aristocratical party, and an opponent of Antony, was excluded from the senate by the latter
on the 28th of November. (Cic. Philipp. iii. 9.)
[Ti. CANUTIUS.] Hle took an active part in the
war against Antony in tile following year, and fell
in the battle of Mutina, in which Antony was defeated. (Appian, B. C. iii. 66, &c.; Cic. ad Fam.
x. 33, xv. 4.)
CARI'NAS. [CARRINAS.]
CARPNUS, M. AURE'LIUS, the elder of
the two sons of Carus. Upon the departure of his
father for the Persian war (A. D. 282), he was appointed supreme governor of all the Western provinces, and received the titles of Caesar and Imperator. After the death of Carus in 283, he
assumed the purple conjointly with his brother,
and upon receiving intelligence of the untimely
fate of Numerianus and the elevation of Diocletian
to the throne by the army of Asia, he set forth in
all haste from Gaul to encounter his rival. The
opposing hosts met in Maesia, several engagements
followed, and at length a decisive battle was fought
near Margum, in which Carinus gained the victory, but, in the moment of triumph, was slain
by some of his own officers, whose honour he had
wounded in the course of his profligate indulgences.
Historians agree in painting the character of this
emperor in the darkest colours. When roused he
was unquestionably not deficient in valour and
military skill, as was proved by the vigour with
which he repressed certain seditious movements in
Gaul, and by the successful conduct of his last
campaign. But during the greater part of his
short career he abandoned himself to the gratification of the most brutal passions, and never scrupled
at any act of oppression or cruelty. State affairs
were totally neglected-the most upright of those
by whom he was surrounded were banished or put
to death, and the. highest offices bestowed upon
degraded ministers of his pleasures. Nine wives
were wedded and repudiated in quickl succession,
and the palace, filled with a throng of players,
dancers, harlots, and panders, presented a constant
scene of riot and intemperance. It was bitterly
observed, that in this prince the sensual enormities
of Elagabalus were seen combined with the cold
ferocity of Domitian. His only claims upon the
affection of the populace consisted in the prodigal
magnificence displayed in the celebration of games
in honour of his brother and himself. These appear to have transcended in fantastic splendour all
previous exhibitions, and the details transmitted
to us by Vopiscus are of a most strange and marvellous description.
Chronologers are at variance with regard to the
precise date of the death of Carinus. Eckhel seems
inclined to fix it at the close of the year 284, but it
is generally referred to the May following. (Vopisc.
Casrin.; Aurel. Vict. Caes. xxxviii., Epit. xxxviii.;
Zonar. xii. 30; Eutrop. ix. 12.) [W. R.]

CARNA. 613
T. CARI'SIUS, defeated the Astures in Spain,
and took their chief town, Lancia, about B. c. 25;
but in consequence of the cruelty and insolence of
Carisius, the Astures took up arms again in B. c.
22. (Florus, iv. 12. ~ 55, &c.; Oros. vi. 21;
Dion Cass. liii. 25, liv. 5.) There are several
coins bearing the name of Carisius upon them, two
specimens of which are given below. The former
has on the obverse the head of a woman, and on
the reverse a sphinx, with the inscription T. CARIsivS III. VIR: the latter has on the obverse
the head-of Augustus, with the inscription IMP.
CAESAR AVGVST., and on the reverse the gate
of a city, over which is inscribed IMIRITA, and
around it the words P. CARIsivs LEG. PROPR.
There is nothing in the former coin except the
praenomen Titus to identify it with the subject of
this article; but the latter one would appear to
have been struck by the conqueror of the Astures,
and perhaps Dion Cassius has made a mistake in
calling him Titus. The word IMIRITA, which
is also written EMERITA and IIMIIRITA on some
of the coins, seems to refer to the fact mentioned
by Dion Cassius (liii. 26), that after the conquest
of the Cantabri and Astures, Augustus dismissed
many of his soldiers who had served their time
(emeriti), and assigned them a town in Lusitania,
to which he gave the name of Augusta Emerita.
(Eckhel, v. p. 162, &c.)
CA'RIUS (Kaipos), the Carian, a surname of
Zeus, under which he had a temple at Mylassa in
Caria, which belonged to the Carians, Lydians,
and Mysians in common, as they were believed to
be brother nations. (Herod. i. 171, v. 66; Strab.
xiv. p. 659.) In Thessaly and Boeotia, Zeus was
likewise worshipped under this name. (Phot.
Lex. s. v.) [L. S.]
CARMA'NOR (KapeAa'vwp), a Cretan of Tarrha,
father of Eubulus and Chrysothemis. He was
said to have received and purified Apollo and
Artemis, after they had slain the monster Python,
and it was in the house of Carmanor that Apollo
formed his connexion with the nymph Acacallis.
(Paus. ii. 7. ~ 7, 30. ~ 3, x. 16. ~ 2, 7. ~ 2;
comp. Muller, Dor. ii. 1. ~ 5, 8. ~ 11.) [L. S.]
CARME (KdpIje), a daughter of Eubulus, who
became by Zeus the mother of Britomartis. (Paus.
ii. 30. ~ 2.) Antoninus Liberalis (40) describes
her as a grand-daughter of Agenor, and daughter
of Phoenix. [L. S.]
CARMENTA, CARMENAE, CARMENTIS.
[CAMENAE.]
CARNA or CARNEA, a Roman divinity,