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Tacitus (emperor)

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Tacitus (emperor)

Marcus Claudius Tacitus ( TAS-it-əs; died June 276) was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus.

Infobox

Reign
c. December 275 – c. June 276
Predecessor
Aurelian
Successor
Florianus
Died
June 276Antoniana Colonia Tyana, Cappadocia
Names
NamesMarcus Claudius TacitusRegnal nameImperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus

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· Further reading
Preceded byAurelian
Preceded byAurelian
Regnal titles
Preceded byAurelian
Regnal titles
Roman emperor 275–276
Regnal titles
Succeeded byFlorian
Political offices
Political offices
Regnal titles
Political offices
Preceded byT. Flavius Postumius QuietusJunius Veldumnianus
Preceded byT. Flavius Postumius QuietusJunius Veldumnianus
Regnal titles
Preceded byT. Flavius Postumius QuietusJunius Veldumnianus
Regnal titles
Roman consul 273with Julius Placidianus
Regnal titles
Succeeded byAurelianCapitolinus
Preceded byAurelianMarcellinus
Preceded byAurelianMarcellinus
Regnal titles
Preceded byAurelianMarcellinus
Regnal titles
Roman consul 276with Aemilianus
Regnal titles
Succeeded byProbusPaulinus
Regnal titles
Preceded byAurelian
Roman emperor 275–276
Succeeded byFlorian
Political offices
Preceded byT. Flavius Postumius QuietusJunius Veldumnianus
Roman consul 273with Julius Placidianus
Succeeded byAurelianCapitolinus
Preceded byAurelianMarcellinus
Roman consul 276with Aemilianus
Succeeded byProbusPaulinus

References

  1. Jones, pg. 873
  2. McMahon, Note 3 and accompanying text
    http://www.roman-emperors.org/tacitus.htm#N_3_
  3. Leadbetter 2010, p. 86.
  4. Hagi 2016, p. 336
  5. Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, (The Modern Library, 1932), ch. XII., p. 276
  6. Gibbon, pp. 274–278
  7. Historia Augusta, Vita Taciti, 3.2.
  8. Tacitus Annals XVI
    https://books.google.com/books?id=3DM6DwAAQBAJ&dq=Tacitus+last+emperor+elected+senate++275&pg=PA4
  9. The Roman Emperors: A Biographical Guide to the Rulers of Imperial Rome, 31 BC–AD 476
    https://archive.org/details/romanemperorsbio0000gran/page/188
  10. Aurelian and the Third Century
    https://books.google.com/books?id=ukf-lEYl3FUC&pg=PA225
  11. Aurelian and the Third Century
  12. De Imperatoribus Romanis: An Online Encyclopedia of Roman Rulers and Their Families
    http://www.roman-emperors.org/aurelian.htm
  13. Southern, p. 127
  14. Gibbon, p. 279
  15. Gibbon, p. 280
  16. Aurelius Victor, 36:1
  17. Historia Augusta, Vita Taciti, 13:5
  18. Zosimus, I:63:2
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