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Marcus Claudius Tacitus (view source)
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== Emperor ==
== Emperor ==
In AD 275, [[Aurelian]] was murdered by high officials who were tricked by a Secretary of Aurelian name Eros. The army did not chose a Emperor, for they were shocked that members of their own murdered Aurelian. They asked the Senate to elect a Emperor, the Senate being long ignored and knowing that any appointment might possibly get overthrown by the Army told the Army to choose a Emperor. But the Army consulted the Senate again and the Senate chose a Emperor. The old Senator, Marcus Claudius Tacitus was chosen as Emperor.
In AD 275, [[Aurelian]] was murdered by high officials who were tricked by a Secretary of Aurelian name Eros. The army did not chose a Emperor, for they were shocked that members of their own murdered Aurelian. They asked the Senate to elect a Emperor, the Senate being long ignored and knowing that any appointment might possibly get overthrown by the Army told the Army to choose a Emperor. But the Army consulted the Senate again and the Senate chose a Emperor. The old Senator, Marcus Claudius Tacitus was chosen as Emperor. His first actions were to deify Aurelian and make arrangements for commemorations of the late Emperor with monuments and statues. He apparently made it illegal to produce certain alloys of precious metals which might relate to the problems with the Roman coinage at the time.
He also ordered the punishment and execution of Aurelian's murderers. Some however, apparently survived. Reports of barbarian invasions from Gaul and raids in the region of Pontus in Asia Minor by the Herculi and several other tribes. They claimed that they were recruited by Aurelian to aid in the campaign against Persia and when they came from the Black sea, they received no pay. They raided many cities and managed to even reach Cilicia. Tacitus and the legions were close and they bought off many of the raiders as they can with the fee agreed by Aurelian. The ones who did not quit the raiding were defeated by the army led by the Praetorian Prefect, Florianus. The maternal half-brother of Tacitus. For this, Tacitus received the title of Gothicus Maximus
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