See also:

• MARCUS

MARCUS See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

CLAUDIUS See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• MARCUS CLAUDIUS TACITUS

TACITUS  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor from the 25th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September A.D . 275 to See also:

• APRIL

April 276, was a native of Interanina (See also:

• TERNI (anc. Interamna Nahars)

Terni) in See also:

• UMBRIA
• UMBRIA ('Opj3pucrl)

Umbria . In the course of his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long See also:

• LIFE

life he held various See also:

• CIVIL

civil offices, including that of See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul in 273, with universal respect . Six months after the assassination of See also:

• AURELIAN [Lucius DoMITIus AURELIANUS]

Aurelian he was chosen by the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate to succeed him, and the choice was cordially ratified by the See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . During his brief reign he set on See also:

• FOOT

foot some domestic reforms, and sought to revive the authority of the senate, but, after a victory over the Goths in See also:

• CILICIA

Cilicia, he succumbed to hardship and fatigue (or was slain by his own soldiers) at Tyana in See also:

• CAPPADOCIA

Cappadocia . See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, besides being a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of immense See also:

• WEALTH

wealth (which he bequeathed to the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state), 3 See also:

• DILL (Anethum or Peucedanum graveolens)

Dill, Roman Society from See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero to See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Aurelius, Bk. i. ch. i, . 4 See also:

• ANN

Ann. vi . 21, 22 . had considerable See also:

• LITERARY

literary culture, and was proud to claim descent from the historian, whose See also:

• WORKS

works he caused to be transcribed at the public experse and placed in the public See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries . Tacitus possessed many admirable qualities, but his See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character and advanced See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age unfitted him for the See also:

• THRONE

throne in such lawless times . See Life by Vopiscus in Historiae Augustae Scriptores; also See also:

• EUTROPIUS

Eutropius, ix . 10; Aurelius See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor, Caesares, 36; Zonara3 xii .

28; H . See also:

• SCHILLER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1759-18o5)

Schiller, Geschichle der romischen Kaiserzeit, i . 1883; Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopadie, iii . 2871 if .