Tacitus - Roman Emperor 275-276AD Biography &
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Tacitus - Roman Emperor: 275-276 A.D.
Bronze Antoninianus Cyzicus mint: 275 A.D.
Reference: RIC 207c, C 140
IMPCMCLTACITVSAVG - Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
SPESPVBLICA - Tacitus standing left on right, holding spear, receiving
wreath from
Victory to left, holding palm.
Marcus Claudius Tacitus (ca. 200 - June 276)
was a
Roman Emperor from September 25 275, to
June 276.
Biography
He was born in
Interamna (Terni), in
Italia. He circulated copies of the
historian
Gaius Cornelius Tacitus' work, which
was barely read at the time, and so we perhaps have him to thank for the
partial survival of Tacitus' work; however, modern historiography
rejects his claimed descent from the historian as forgery. In the course
of his long life he discharged the duties of various civil offices,
including that of
consul in 273, with universal respect.
After the assassination of
Aurelian, he was chosen by the
Senate to succeed him, and the choice
was cordially ratified by the army. His first action was to move against
the barbarian tribes that had been gathered by Aurelian for his Eastern
campaign, and which had plundered the Eastern Roman provinces after
Aurelian had been murdered and the campaign cancelled. His half-brother,
the Praetorian Prefect
Florianus, and Tacitus himself won a
victory against these tribes, among which
Heruli, which granted the emperor the
title Gothicus Maximus.
Tacitus probably died of fever (according to
Aurelius Victor,
Eutropius and the
Historia Augusta) - though
Zosimus claims he was assassinated - at
Tyana in
Cappadocia in June 276.
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