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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 choose an Emperor, for they were shocked that members of their own murdered Aurelian. They asked the Senate to elect an Emperor, the Senate being long ignored and knowing that any appointment might possibly get overthrown by the Army told the Army to choose an Emperor. But the Army consulted the Senate again and the Senate chose an 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.

In AD 275, [[Aurelian]] was murdered by high officials who were tricked by a Secretary of Aurelian name Eros. The army did not choose an Emperor, for they were shocked that members of their own murdered Aurelian. They asked the Senate to elect an Emperor, the Senate being long ignored and knowing that any appointment might possibly get overthrown by the Army told them to choose an Emperor. But the Army consulted the Senate again and the Senate chose an 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.

=== Barbarian invasions ===

=== Barbarian invasions ===