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{{short description|Roman emperor from 283 to 284}}
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{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Numerian
| image        = NumerianusAntoninianus.jpg
| image_size   =
| alt          = Grey coin depicting Numerian
| caption      = ''[[Antoninianus]]'' of Numerian
| succession   = [[Roman emperor]]
| reign        = July 283 – November 284<br />282 – July 283
| reign-type   = [[Augustus (title)|''Augustus'']]<br />[[Caesar (title)|''Caesar'']]
| predecessor  = [[Carus]]
| regent       = [[Carinus]] (283–284)
| reg-type     = {{nowrap|Co-emperors}}
| successor    = [[Diocletian]]
| birth_date   = 
| birth_place  = 
| death_date   = November 284
| death_place  = [[Emesa]]
| burial_place = 
| spouse       = Daughter of [[Arrius Aper]]
| full name    = Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus<br/>Marcus Aurelius Numerianus nobilissimus Caesar (282)<ref name=Cooley-501>{{cite book |last=Cooley |year=2012 |first=Alison E. |title=The Cambridge Manual of Latin Epigraphy |publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=501|isbn=978-0-521-84026-2 |url={{googlebooks|VlghAwAAQBAJ|plainurl=y}} |author-link=Alison E. Cooley }}</ref>
| regnal name  = Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Numerianus Augustus<ref name=Cooley-501/>
| father       = [[Carus]]
}}

'''Numerian''' ({{langx|la|Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus}};{{sfn|Jones|Martindale|Morris|p=634}} died November 284) was [[Roman emperor]] from 283 to 284 with his older brother [[Carinus]]. They were sons of [[Carus]], a general raised to the office of [[praetorian prefect]] under Emperor [[Marcus Aurelius Probus|Probus]] in 282.<ref name="Leadbetter, Carus.">Leadbetter, "Carus."</ref>