Battle of the Margus

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Battle of the Margus
date July 285
place on the Margus River , Moesia Province (present-day Serbia )
output Diocletian's victory
consequences Diocletian's sole rule
Parties to the conflict

Diocletian

Carinus

The battle on Margus was fought in July 285 between the armies of the Roman emperor Carinus and his challenger Diocletian in the river valley of the Margus (today Morava ) in Moesia (today Serbia ).

Diocletian's army was defeated by the numerically superior troops of Carinus. However, this was after the battle for unclear reasons, but probably at Diocletian's instigation, murdered by his own people, and Diocletian thus became the undisputed ruler of the empire.

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