marcus claudius tacitus

Marcus Claudius Tacitus, (c.200 - 276) Roman Emperor from September 25, 275, to April 276, was a native of Interamna (Terni) in Umbria. In the course of his long life he discharged the duties of various civil offices, including that of consul in 273, with universal respect. Six months after the assassination of Aurelian he was chosen by the senate to succeed him, and the choice was cordially ratified by the army. During his brief reign he set on foot some domestic reforms, and sought to revive the authority of the senate, but, after a victory over the Alans near the Palus Maeotis, he was assassinated at Tyana in Cappadocia. Tacitus, besides being a man of immense wealth (which he bequeathed to the state) had considerable literary culture, and was proud to claim descent from the historian Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, whose works he caused to be transcribed at the public expense and placed in the public libraries. See also: Roman Empire

<< Previous

Word Browser

Next >>

martin agricola
max august zorn
main
marcus vipsanius agrippa
mariotto albertinelli
mandarin cuisine
mandaeanism
manichaeism
cuisine of morocco
martin van buren
millard fillmore

melbourne cricket ground
marshall plan
mariculture
memetics
march 25
islands of michigan
list of governors of michigan
moses amyraut
murray river
project mercury
gaius maecenas

meander
mount olympus
march 16
magick
mv tampa
maya numerals
michael foot
max and moritz
may day
maxwell boltzmann distribution
margaret thatcher

mary shelley
metastability
mary wollstonecraft
molecular mass
metallic bond
methyl group
muscle
mild beer
mars society
minerva
mars direct