Tacitus

Lived from 200 CE to 276 CE

Tacitus, in full Marcus Claudius Tacitus, was Roman emperor in 275–276. In the 40 years before Tacitus assumed power the empire was ruled by a succession of usurpers and emperors who had been career army officers. On the murder of the emperor Aurelian in 275, the army council invited the Senate to select a nobleman as head of state. 

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Lived from 200 CE to 276 CE

Tacitus, in full Marcus Claudius Tacitus, was Roman emperor in 275–276. In the 40 years before Tacitus assumed power the empire was ruled by a succession of usurpers and emperors who had been career army officers. On the murder of the emperor Aurelian in 275, the army council invited the Senate to select a nobleman as head of state. 

Subject ID: 123661

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