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| Silvery antoninianus AD 276 Marcus Annius Florianus. Florian was the half brother of the Emperor Tacitus. When Tacitus agreed to accept the purple after an interregnum of about eight months following the murder of Aurelian, Florian accompanied him on a campaign to Thrace, where they repelled a Gothic invasion of Asia Minor. When Tacitus, who was aged 75, died from the rigours of the campaign and the climate, Florian was raised to Emperor by the Senate, and with the agreement of the Western |
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