The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Tacitus
Also known as Emperor Tacitus, Marcus Claudius Tacitus
- Minor
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 43
Tacitus is a minor character in The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Book 1).
- Gender
- male
- Age
- 75
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 43
- Books
- 1
Marcus Claudius Tacitus was a Roman senator of seventy-five years when the army elected him emperor following Aurelian's death. His feeble constitution and exhausted strength made him an unlikely candidate for the demanding role of emperor, and his brief reign was marked by the challenges of governing an empire while possessing limited physical capacity for the task.
Description
Tacitus appears as a man of advanced age, his seventy-five years evident in his white hair, aged features, and feeble constitution. His imperial purple robes contrast with his exhausted frame, creating the image of an elderly man bearing the weight of empire despite his clearly diminished physical capacity.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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