TACITUS, Roman Emperor

(Marcus Claudius Tacitus)tăsˈĭtəs, d. 276, Roman emperor (275–76). An elderly senator with a reputation for honesty and vigor, he was chosen by the senate to succeed the murdered Aurelian. He failed to restore the glory of the senate, and after reigning only a few months he died when on campaign in Asia. He was almost certainly murdered. Probus succeeded him.

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Tacitus: And Other Roman Studies
Book by Gaston Boissier, W. G. Hutchison; G P Putnams Sons, 1906
Subjects: Martial, Rhetoric, Ancient, Tacitus, Cornelius
...to him with regard to Tacitus. Thus it sufficed him...manner the judgments of Tacitus and the succeeding historians...suspicions. So soon as a Roman Emperor, he remarks, has been...to cast aspersions on Tacitus. They are to be found...
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Death and the Emperor: Roman Imperial Funerary Monuments, from Augustus to Marcus Aurelius
Book by Penelope J.E. Davies; University of Texas Press, 2004
Subjects: Emperors--Monuments--Italy--Rome, Relief (Sculpture), Roman--Italy--Rome, Rome (Italy)--Buildings, Structures, Etc, Sculpture, Roman--Italy--Rome, Sepulchral Monuments--Political Aspects--Italy--Rome
...is attributed to the emperors agency, despite the...funerary monuments of the Roman emperors exhibit a pattern of...close tie with the emperors person, the references...asso- ciation between emperor and prime mover in...regulator of the universe, Romans ,,.or- shipped...Developing gradually (Tacitus describes how?, already...
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The History of Make-Believe: Tacitus on Imperial Rome
Book by Holly Haynes; University of California Press, 2003
Subjects: Rome--History--Civil War, 68-69--Historiography, Rome--History--Flavians, 69-96--Historiography, Tacitus, Cornelius--Historiae
...Ronald. 1939. The Roman Revolution . Oxford...Syme, Ronald. 1958. Tacitus . Oxford: Oxford University...Political Opinions of Tacitus . In Ten Studies in Tacitus , 119 40. Oxford...Divinity of the Roman Emperor . 1931. Reprint, Chico...
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Tacitus Reviewed
Book by A. J. Woodman; Clarendon Press, 1998
Subjects: Rome--Historiography, Rome--History--The Five Julii, 30 B.C.-68 A.D, Tacitus, Cornelius--Annales
...were regarded by the Romans with hatred and contempt. 65 Indeed Tacitus allusion to Horaces...terms to those used by Tacitus about Nero 44 : 67...city. Yet the popular Roman hatred for Alexandria...which distinguishes Tacitus portrayal of the emperor is a complex of metaphors...special kind, which emperors treated as a sort of...
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Irony and Misreading in the Annals of Tacitus
Book by Ellen O'Gorman; Cambridge University Press, 2000
Subjects: Irony, Rhetoric, Ancient, Rome--Historiography, Tacitus, Cornelius--Annales, Tacitus, Cornelius--Technique
...unreadability which Tacitus represents Tiberius...much a creation of the Roman readers, and of Tacitus himself;the various...the ability of other Romans to understand, and...and implicitly by Tacitus throughout the narrative...including curses against the emperor read out in public 6...
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Turning to Tacitus
Journal article by James Bacchus; Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, Vol. 37, 2004
Subjects: Freedom--Analysis, Liberty--Analysis, Rule of law--Analysis, Tacitus--Evaluation
...tyranny of the Emperor Domitian...we turn to Tacitus. He was a...to serve the Roman Empire. He...time when the Romans had lost much...Hexter said of Tacitus, "His writings...fondness of the Roman aristocrat...government of the emperors." (39...rule of the Roman Empire. The...eyes of the Romans, mere barbarians. But Tacitus portrayed them...
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Author and Authenticity in Conring's New Discourse on the Roman-German Emperor: A Seventeenth-Century Case Study [*
Journal article by Constantin Fasolt; Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: Authorship--17th century, Conring, Hermann--Authorship, European literature--17th century
...1642 both concluded that the Roman empire had either ceased to...that the German "kings and emperors had lost all those true and ancient rights of the emperors." In the revised version...went on to affirm that the emperor should not continue to claim...entitled to exercise over the Roman empire and against the papacy...
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Matricide Revisited: Dramatic and Rhetorical Allusion in Tacitus, Suetonius and Cassius Dio
Journal article by Han Baltussen; Antichthon, Vol. 36, 2002
Subjects: Books, Historians
...indignation, Tacitus follows all the orators of Greek and Roman tradition.2...decide whether Tacitus would have been inspired by a Roman (spurious) play...tiirning-point in Roman Imperial history...with so few words Tacitus succeeds in writing...describing an emperor, who thought...
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69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors
Journal article by Antonio Santosuosso; The Historian, Vol. 70, 2008
Subjects: 69 A.D.: The Year of Four Emperors (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...The Year of Four Emperors. by Antonio Santosuosso...minds of antiquity: Tacitus, the mandatory source...years, still having Tacitus as his main source but...Life elsewhere in the Roman empire continued along...interpretation challenges Tacitus views but softly or...mainstream of the great Romans literary approach...
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The Role of Accounting in Public Expenditure and Monetary Policy in the First Century AD Roman Empire
Journal article by David Oldroyd; The Accounting Historians Journal, Vol. 22, 1995
Subjects: Accounting, Government spending, History, Italy, Monetary policy, Roman civilization, Studies
...watershed in Roman history. His...person of the emperor. This applied...which were at the emperors disposal consisted...authority of the emperor is attested by Tacitus statement that...character of Roman political institutions...surrounding the Roman monetary system...answer lies in the emperors public expenditure...wealth of the emperor, is apparent...
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Death of the Emperor Claudius: October 13th, AD 54
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 54, October 2004
Subjects: Claudius, Emperor of Rome--Behavior, Claudius, Emperor of Rome--Death of, Emperors--Behavior, Emperors--Death of, Nero, Emperor of Rome--Behavior, Poisoning--Usage, Rome (Ancient state)--History
Death of the Emperor Claudius: October...treatise on the Roman alphabet. All his...41, he was made emperor by the Praetorian...rather than the Emperors own son by Messalina...the hand of the Emperors daughter Octavia...committed suicide. Tacitus records Claudius...four-year old emperor presided over a...
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Rome's Dark Night of Tyranny: When the Republic Fell, Rome Entered the Dark Decline of Empire. Only after Centuries of Misery under Predominantly Tyrannical Emperors Did Rome Finally Meet Its End
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005
Subjects: Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History
...Predominantly Tyrannical Emperors Did Rome Finally...to the Roman emperor Valens, begging...immigrate to Roman territory...furnished by the Romans, the Goths...Germanicus, a Roman military leader...set him up as emperor in Tiberius...instead of a emperors gratitude...complements Tacitus account with...period that the Roman military acquired...proclaiming emperors solely on the...
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Lessons of Rome: The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic Provides Lessons That Hint at Flaws in Modern Political Policies
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 21, 2005
Subjects: Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History
...rise and fall of the Roman Republic. From a modern vantage point, Roman history instructs poignantly...centuries that, to most Romans, made the loss of Roman liberty only vaguely...republic--Appian, Tacitus, Cassius Dio, Sallust...society consecrated to emperor-worship and to the...claiming as adherents emperors like Comodus, Aurelian...
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Roman Roads
Magazine article by Logan Thompson; History Today, Vol. 47, February 1997
Subjects: Roads, Roman--Design and construction, Rome (Ancient)--Transportation
...Messages from the emperor, or his high officials...letters between Trajan (emperor from AD98-117) and...important despatches. The emperors response was short and...weather. The first proper Roman road was constructed...crushing defeat upon the Romans at Caudine Forks in...is commendable that Roman engineers and surveyors...Suetonius states that Emperor Augustus (27BC-AD14...
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Childhood in the Roman Empire: Ray Laurence Considers How Children Were Seen in Ancient Rome and Looks at Some of the Harsher Aspects of Childhood-Sickness, Violence and Endless Work
Magazine article by Ray Laurence; History Today, Vol. 55, October 2005
Subjects: Ancient Roman civilization--Social aspects, Child death--History, Children--Death, Children--History, Romans--Social aspects
...later in life. Many Roman women avoided breastfeeding...grasp of language. Romans were naturally aware...no rite at all. The Romans had developed the Caesarian...plain white garment that Roman men wore on formal occasions...Julius Caesar and the Emperor Augustus, were not...for the heirs of the emperors. These tended to leave...to us in the words of Tacitus and Suetonius. Although...
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Blood Brothers Obsessed with Their Mothers. Sexually depraved.And Convinced They Ere Artistic Geniuses. A New TV Documentary Reveals the Astonishing Links between Hitler and Nero - the Roman Emperor Who Matched Him Atrocity for Atrocity
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 16, 2006
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf
...and Nero - the Roman Emperor Who Matched Him Atrocity...burnt to death. The Emperor Nero was responsible...the Roman historian Tacitus revealed, he covered...punishing them, as Tacitus wrote, with the utmost...Nero had caused the Roman Empire to revolt, and...death. The ordinary Romans had always liked Nero...
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Poisoning Their Lovers. Seducing Their Sons. If You Thought Roman Emperors Were Power-Crazed and Debauched, Meet Their Wives
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 25, 2010
...If You Thought Roman Emperors Were Power...Leafe AS THE Emperor Nero watched...when he became Emperor in AD 27, after...the historian Tacitus. He called for...her bed was the Emperors secretary, Narcissus...declared the new Emperor. For the first...effectively ruled the Roman Empire through...
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PALACE OF DEPRAVITY; Perched 300ft Up on a Clifftop,it's the Most Stunning Home in the Med - and Now Roman Abramovich Wants to Buy it.But Does He Know What the Previous Owner Got Up To?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 19, 2006
...the Med - and Now Roman Abramovich Wants...excite the elderly Emperors flagging libido...private chamber, the Emperor indulged his most...eventually banned by the Emperor Augustus from setting...eventually became Emperor in AD14 at the age...Before the old Emperors body was cold...to the historian Tacitus, writing some 70...
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LEGION OF THE DAMNED; They Were the Roman Empire's Most Fearsome Warriors, Sent to Smash Britain into Submission. Yet as Two Films Vie to Tell Their Story, a Haunting Mystery Remains: How Did the 6,000 Men of the Ninth Legion Vanish into Thin Air -- and Were They the Victims of Boudicca's Dying Curse?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 25, 2009
...legions in the entire Roman Empire. It was raised...until AD43, under the Emperor Claudius, that the island...A brutal and corrupt Roman official was to blame...a fury, scorning the Romans under their Emperor Nero...player, and comparing Roman rule of her Iceni tribe...wrote the Roman historian Tacitus. In the groves of their...
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LEGION OF THE AMNED; Theywere the Roman Empire's Most Fearsome Warriors, Sent to Smash Britain into Submission. Yet as Two Films Vie to Tell Their Story, a Haunting Mystery Remains: Howdid the 6,000 Men of the Ninth Legion Vanish into Thin Air -- and Were They the Victims of Boudicca's Dying Curse?
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 25, 2009
...legions in the entire Roman Empire. It was raised...A brutal and corrupt Roman official was to blame...a fury, scorning the Romans under their Emperor Nero as slaves to a lyre-player, and comparing Roman rule of her Iceni tribe...wrote the Roman historian Tacitus. In the groves of their...
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Tacitus , Roman Emperor
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
TACITUS , Roman emperor (Marcus Claudius Tacitus)tas it s, d. 276, Roman emperor (275 76). An elderly senator with a reputation for honesty and vigor, he was chosen by the senate to succeed the murdered Aurelian . He failed to restore...
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Rulers of the Roman Empire
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
RULERS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (table) Rulers...68 Galba, proclaimed emperor by his soldiers, 68...as successor, 270 75 Tacitus, chosen by the senate...Florianus, half brother of Tacitus, 276 Probus, military...75 Basilicus, 475 76 Emperors in the West Honorius...Constantius III, named joint emperor by Honorius, 421 Valentinian...
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Probus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Marcus Aurelius Probus)pro b s, d. 282, Roman emperor (276 82), b. Pannonia. He was governor of the East under Marcus Claudius Tacitus , whom he succeeded as emperor. He defeated the barbarians in Gaul and in Illyria...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...considered the first Roman emperor. (For a list of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to...noteworthy for extending Roman citizenship to...named after him. Emperors succeeded one another...empire. In 260 the emperor Valerian was captured...Julius Caesar, Tacitus , Suetonius , Polybius...Description of Roman Political Institutions...Barrow, The Romans (1949, repr...
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Germans
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...b.c.) with the Romans. The chief historical...distribution of the Germans are Tacitus Germania and Agricola...increasingly troublesome to the Roman Empire. The Vandals...attack on the Roman emperor, and settled in N Lower...Suevi, mentioned by Tacitus as a central German...political unit, although Tacitus maintained that they...
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