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Marcus Claudius Tacitus (ca. 200 - June 276) was a Roman Emperor from September 25, 275
275

Events...
, to June 276.
as born in Interamna
Terni

Terni is an ancient town of Italy, capital of Province of Terni in southern Umbria, in the plain of the Nera River . It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto....
 (Terni), in Italia
Italia (Roman province)

Italia, under the Roman Republic and later Roman Empire, was the name of the Italian peninsula....
. 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.






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Marcus Claudius Tacitus (ca. 200 - June 276) was a Roman Emperor from September 25, 275
275

Events...
, to June 276.

Biography

He was born in Interamna
Terni

Terni is an ancient town of Italy, capital of Province of Terni in southern Umbria, in the plain of the Nera River . It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto....
 (Terni), in Italia
Italia (Roman province)

Italia, under the Roman Republic and later Roman Empire, was the name of the Italian peninsula....
. 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
Consul

Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
 in 273, with universal respect. Six months after the assassination of Aurelian
Aurelian

Lucius Domitius Aurelianus , known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor , was the second of several highly successful "soldier-emperors" who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth....
, he was chosen by the Senate
Roman Senate

The Senate of the Roman Republic was a political institution in the ancient Roman Republic. According to the Greek historian Polybius, our principal source on the Constitution of the Roman Republic, the Roman Senate was the predominant branch of government....
 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
Florianus

Marcus Annius Florianus , commonly known as Florian in English, was a Roman Emperor who ruled in 276.Florian was reportedly a maternal half-brother to Marcus Claudius Tacitus....
, and Tacitus himself won a victory against these tribes, among which Heruli
Heruli

The Heruli were a nomadic Germanic people, who were subjugated by the Ostrogoths, Huns, and Byzantine Empires in the 3rd to 5th centuries. The name is related to earl and was probably an honorific military title....
, which granted the emperor the title Gothicus Maximus.

Tacitus probably died of fever (according to Aurelius Victor
Aurelius Victor

Sextus Aurelius Victor was an historian and politician of the Roman Empire.Aurelius Victor was the author of a History of Rome from Augustus to Julian the Apostate , published ca....
, Eutropius
Eutropius

IntroductionNot much is known about the early life of Eutropius because there are no written texts that document his life. Eutropius should not be confused with Eutropius of Valencia or Saint Eutropius....
 and the Historia Augusta) - though Zosimus
Zosimus

Zosimus was a Byzantine Empire historian, who lived in Constantinople during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I . According to Photios I of Constantinople, he was a comes, and held the office of "advocate" of the imperial treasury....
 claims he was assassinated - at Tyana
Tyana

Tyana was an ancient city of Anatolia, in modern south-central Turkey. It was the capital of a Hittites kingdom in the 2nd millennium BC, and had a long history as a Greek city state and later a Christian community....
 in Cappadocia
Cappadocia

Cappadocia, Wikipedia:IPA for English /k?p?'do???/ , was an extensive inland district of Asia Minor . The name continued to be used in western sources and in the Christianity tradition throughout history and is still widely used as an international Tourism in Turkey concept to define a region of exceptional natural wonders characterized by...
 in June 276.

Primary sources

  • Historia Augusta, Vita Taciti
  • Eutropius
    Eutropius

    IntroductionNot much is known about the early life of Eutropius because there are no written texts that document his life. Eutropius should not be confused with Eutropius of Valencia or Saint Eutropius....
    , Breviarium ab urbe condita, ix. 16
"…After him TACITUS succeeded to the throne; a man of excellent morals, and well qualified to govern the empire. He was unable, however, to show the world anything remarkable, being cut off by death in the sixth month of his reign..…"
  • Aurelius Victor
    Aurelius Victor

    Sextus Aurelius Victor was an historian and politician of the Roman Empire.Aurelius Victor was the author of a History of Rome from Augustus to Julian the Apostate , published ca....
    , "Epitome de Caesaribus"
"After him, Tacitus took power, a man of singular character, who died at Tarsus from a fever in the two hundredth day of his reign."
  • Zosimus
    Zosimus

    Zosimus was a Byzantine Empire historian, who lived in Constantinople during the reign of the Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I . According to Photios I of Constantinople, he was a comes, and held the office of "advocate" of the imperial treasury....
    , "Historia Nova"
  • Joannes Zonaras
    Joannes Zonaras

    Ioannes Zonaras was a Byzantine Empire chronicler and theology, who lived at Constantinople.Under Emperor Alexios I Komnenos he held the offices of Drungarios of the Vigla and private secretary to the emperor, but after Alexios' death, he retired to the monastery of St Glykeria, where he spent the rest of his life in writing books....
    , "Compendium of History"


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