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Excerpt from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 2 A. D. Extraordinary Contefi between the Army and the Senate for the Choice of an Emperor 43 27; A peaceful Interregnum of eight Months 49 The Conful ail'cmbles the Senate sr Character of Tacitus 52 He is elected Emperor q; He accepts the Purple ih. Authority of the Senate 54 Their Joy and Confidence 99 276 Tacitus is acknowledged by the Army' 96 The Alani invade Afia, and are repulfed by Tacitus 57 276 Death of the Emperor Tacitus 98 Ufurpation and Death of his Brother Florianus 59 Their family fubfis in Obfcurity 60 Character and Elevation of the Emperor Prohus ib. His refpecrful Conduct towards the Senate 62 Victories of Probns over the Barbarians 6. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.