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173:"He was a curious mix of self-indulgence and energy, courtesy and arrogance, good and evil. Excessively self-indulgent in his spare time, yet he showed remarkable qualities when actively employed on a task. In public you would praise him, but his private life was criticised. Yet by a subtle gift for intrigue he exercised great influence on his subordinates, associates and colleagues, and was the sort of man who found it more congenial to make an emperor than to be one." 126:. Mucianus expected to supplement this relatively small force, first from the legions stationed in the Balkans, then from dissident former praetorians who had supported Otho, before confronting the army which Vitellius had sent into northern Italy. However, 507: 138:. Mucianus reached Rome the day after the death of Vitellius and governed the city until Vespasian arrived, although affairs were nominally in the hands of Vespasian's son 130:, who had simultaneously revolted against Vitellius, reached Italy before Mucianus and defeated the enemy forces arrayed there. Primus' large-scale removal of troops left 79:
Mucianus served as governor of Syria in 67 AD. There he encountered the future emperor Vespasian, who had been sent to Judaea in 66 AD to put down the
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Mucianus never wavered in his allegiance to Vespasian, whose favor he retained in spite of his arrogance. He is mentioned in the records of the
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by Galba. He was appointed consul (suffect) for the third time in 72. As no mention is made of Mucianus during the reigns of
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George Williamson (2005). "Mucianus and a Touch of the Miraculous: Pilgrimage and Tourism in Roman Asia Minor". In
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or Domitian, he probably died during the reign of Vespasian; Syme believes his death happened before 78.
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A clever writer and historian, Mucianus collected the speeches and letters of Romans of the older
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in the year 70; Mucianus may have been admitted following Vespasian's entrance to Rome, although
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and writer. He is considered to have played a role behind the scenes in the elevation of
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vulnerable, and Mucianus was obliged to defend the province from an invading army of
95:. Mucianus and Vespasian both swore allegiance to Otho, who was overthown in turn by 698: 272:(1981), p. 68 n. 55 for a discussion of the year of Mucianus' consulship. 111: 195: 183: 146: 652: 239: 103:, and Mucianus persuaded Vespasian to take up arms against the new emperor. 207: 100: 56: 430:
Pilgrimage in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Antiquity: Seeing the Gods
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Tacitus describes the character of Mucianus as follows:
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His name shows that he had passed by adoption from the
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of 2,600 drawn from each of the other five legions in
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