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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 7439185, member: 56653"]It might be. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I think there is a conflation here -- Tacitus was Gothicus Maximus before the end of 275, possibly on the account of his feats while Aurelian was Augustus against raids on the countryside in Narbonensis and then on the Rhine and in Raetia. Once declared emperor, he had to fix Aurelian's problem with the former foederati in Asia Minor, so Florian was sent there beforehand while Tacitus went to Rome -- where he received his second consulship in January 276. He then left for Asia Minor where, together with Florian, put things in order and became Germanicus Maximus on top of Gothicus Maximus which he already was.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 7439185, member: 56653"]It might be. I think there is a conflation here -- Tacitus was Gothicus Maximus before the end of 275, possibly on the account of his feats while Aurelian was Augustus against raids on the countryside in Narbonensis and then on the Rhine and in Raetia. Once declared emperor, he had to fix Aurelian's problem with the former foederati in Asia Minor, so Florian was sent there beforehand while Tacitus went to Rome -- where he received his second consulship in January 276. He then left for Asia Minor where, together with Florian, put things in order and became Germanicus Maximus on top of Gothicus Maximus which he already was.[/QUOTE]
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