OSMap: LR184
Type: Roman Villa
NNE (7) to SORVIODVNVM (Old Sarum, Wiltshire)
SSW (14) to VINDOCLADIA (Badbury, Dorset)
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NGRef: SU1217 OSMap: LR184 Type: Roman Villa |
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Road 5 miles north-west: NNE (7) to SORVIODVNVM (Old Sarum, Wiltshire) SSW (14) to VINDOCLADIA (Badbury, Dorset) | |
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| "For Marcus Aurelius Carinus, noble Caesar.¹" (RIB 98; dated: AD282-283) |
Carinus became joint emperor with his younger brother Numerian in spring AD283 upon the death of their father the emperor Carus, who was "struck by lightning" near Ctesiphon the Persian capital. He became sole ruler when his younger brother Numerian was murdered by his praetorian prefect Lucius Flavius Aper near Nicomedia in November 284, and in celebration embarked on a reign of debauchery, forcing himself upon young men and women of many noble families. He was to enjoy unlimited imperial power only until the summer of 285 when he was himself murdered by his own generals during the course of the battle against Diocletian at the River Margus (now known as the Morava near modern Belgrade). Carinus must have campaigned in Britain sometime during 284, as he is known to have taken the victory title Britannicus Maximus in that year.
There is another villa about miles to the north-east at Downton (SU1821), and there are potteries in the New Forest to the south-east at Linwood (SU1910), Sloden (SU2114) and Oakley (SU2406).
