Marcus Aurelius Nigrinianus, known in English as Nigrinian (d. 284/285) was a grandson of Roman emperor Carus who died young and was deified by Carus' eldest son Carinus. He was the last family member of an emperor to be deified posthumously. Biography Nigrinian is generally assumed to be a child of Carus eldest son emperor Carinus since the coins commemorating him were issued by Carinus, but he could have been the child of Carus younger son emperor Numerian or their sister Paulina. A now lost inscription from the Forum Romanum set up for him by Carinus's perfectissimus rationalis Gemimius Festus only stated Divo Nigriniano nepoti Cari (divine Nigrinianus grandson of Carus) and not who he was the son of. Because of his historian John Kent believes that it is unlikely that he was the son of either of Carinus or Numerian. It has been speculated that he was born around mid-October 284. He is presumed to have died in childhood in late 284 or early 285. After his death he was given divine status. Research Before the discovery of the dedicatory epigraph for a statue set up for him by Festus to it was sometimes conjectured that Nigrinianus was the son of the usurper Lucius Domitius Alexander who revolted in 311 AD. References Sources Prosopographia Imperii Romani p. 360. External links Overview of coins of Nigrinianus Coins of the Caran dynasty including Nigrinianus 280s deaths 3rd-century Romans Deified Roman people Aurelii Sons of Roman emperors Caran dynasty Royalty and nobility who died as children 284 births