Aurelian
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Aurelian was a Roman emperor from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century. During his reign, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had
Aureus of Aurelian minted in Mediolanum (modern Milan), Italy
Antoninianus of Aurelian minted in Serdica (Bulgaria), AD 274.
Ruins of Imperial Palace at Sirmium, today in Sremska Mitrovica
Bronze bust labelled as Claudius Gothicus in the Santa Giulia Museum of Brescia (Italy). This bust has sometimes been identified as Aurelian.
Tacitus (emperor)
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Marcus Claudius Tacitus was Roman emperor from 275 to 276. During his short reign he campaigned against the Goths and the Heruli, for which he received the title Gothicus Maximus.
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…notarius Mucapor and other high-ranking officers of the Praetorian Guard, fearing punishment from the emperor, murdered him shortly after October 275 (Tacitus began his reign in November or December), in Caenophrurium, Thrace. Aurelian's enemies in the Senate briefly succeeded in passing damnatio memoriae on…
Antoninianus of Tacitus, reading "IMPerator Caesar Marcus CLavdius TACITVS AVGustus"