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<p>[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7439149, member: 84905"]Tacitus was awarded the honorific title "Gothicus Maximus" and, as we have seen, he minted coins celebrating a victory over the Goths. In fact, Tacitus and Florianus, who held the position of Pretorian Prefect, jointly campaigned against the Goths. The contemporary historical sources refer to these Germanic Goths as Scythian, as was customary among learned scholars at the time, but the coin evidence leaves no doubt about the real ethnic identity of the aggressors.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the article "Die gotischen Seezüge des 3. Jahrhunderts" (Gothic naval campaigns of the 3rd century) by Andreas Schwarcz, the author provides some detail:</p><p><br /></p><p>These "Scythians" (Goths) originated from the Maeotic sea (Sea of Azov) in southern Russia. Previous campaigns suggests that Goths and Heruls (another Germanic tribe) had launched a combined sea and land attack. They crossed the river Phasis and marched along the eastern shores of the Black Sea, via Kolchis and Pontus, Asia Minor to Cappadocia, Galatia and Cilicia. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tacitus must have won some notable victories, but he died, apparently of fever, during the campaign at Tyana in about June 276. His half-brother Florianus was proclaimed emperor. Florianus continued the campaign against the invading Goths and Heruls in June and July 276. When he heard of the usurpation of Probus, however, he broke off hostilities with the Goth and marched south to Cilicia to deal with Probus. However, his soldiers rebelled. He lost at Tarsus and was eventually murdered by his own soldiers. </p><p><br /></p><p>Tacitus and Florianus must have been quite effective in dealing with the Gothic threat, because the invasion of 276 was the last sea attack by the eastern Goths. In subsequent decades it it almost only the western Goths that played a role in imperial Roman politics.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tejas, post: 7439149, member: 84905"]Tacitus was awarded the honorific title "Gothicus Maximus" and, as we have seen, he minted coins celebrating a victory over the Goths. In fact, Tacitus and Florianus, who held the position of Pretorian Prefect, jointly campaigned against the Goths. The contemporary historical sources refer to these Germanic Goths as Scythian, as was customary among learned scholars at the time, but the coin evidence leaves no doubt about the real ethnic identity of the aggressors. In the article "Die gotischen Seezüge des 3. Jahrhunderts" (Gothic naval campaigns of the 3rd century) by Andreas Schwarcz, the author provides some detail: These "Scythians" (Goths) originated from the Maeotic sea (Sea of Azov) in southern Russia. Previous campaigns suggests that Goths and Heruls (another Germanic tribe) had launched a combined sea and land attack. They crossed the river Phasis and marched along the eastern shores of the Black Sea, via Kolchis and Pontus, Asia Minor to Cappadocia, Galatia and Cilicia. Tacitus must have won some notable victories, but he died, apparently of fever, during the campaign at Tyana in about June 276. His half-brother Florianus was proclaimed emperor. Florianus continued the campaign against the invading Goths and Heruls in June and July 276. When he heard of the usurpation of Probus, however, he broke off hostilities with the Goth and marched south to Cilicia to deal with Probus. However, his soldiers rebelled. He lost at Tarsus and was eventually murdered by his own soldiers. Tacitus and Florianus must have been quite effective in dealing with the Gothic threat, because the invasion of 276 was the last sea attack by the eastern Goths. In subsequent decades it it almost only the western Goths that played a role in imperial Roman politics.[/QUOTE]
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