For the final time in Roman history, Rome’s Senate chose an emperor, electing 75-year-old Marcus Claudius Tacitus on September 25th, A.D. 275. This is yet another milestone on the road to the collapse of republicanism in the much-discussed “decline and fall of the Roman Empire.”
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After the death of Tacitus came a short period during which the Senate at least nominally approved Emperors, though they were elected by troops (with rival troops sometimes electing rival claimants). But, by late 282, Emperors no longer sought approval by the Senate; they merely informed the Senate of their claims.