PROBUS (276-282)

Scientific review article
Autor: Svetlana Pantelić

Summary: Marcus Aurelius Probus was born in 232 in Sirmium. Thanks to the bravery he demonstrated in numerous battles and his competence as a military commander, he was appointed Emperor in 276. He ruled for six years with success, both in war conflicts and in times of peace, focusing on public endeavours: construction of canals, bridges, temples, drainage of marshes, planting of vine, etc. Probus is thus the first person to have brought vine into the region of Fruška Gora, in the vicinity of his hometown Sirmium. During one such peacetime engagement, in 282, he was assassinated by the soldiers. Probus minted his own coins bearing the inscriptions of “Semper Victorioso” and “Restitutor Illirici”, which speaks volumes of his fame as a military commander and a ruler.

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