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	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1118 (v. 2) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		Mucianus used great efforts to provide his army with everything that was necessary ; he liberally contributed from his own purse, and unmercifully plundered the provincials to obtain a sufficient supply of money.
		Mucianus marched through Phrygia and Cappadocia, and arrived in Europe just in time to repress a rising of the Dacians, who had seized both banks of the Danube.
		Mucianus was not only a general and a statesman, but an orator and ail historian.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2226.html (1081 words)

	Mucianus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		After the death of Galba (69), Mucianus and Vespasian (who was at the time in Judaea) both swore allegiance to Otho, but when the civil war broke out Mucianus persuaded Vespasian to take up arms against Vitellius, who had seized the throne.
		It was agreed that Vespasian should stay behind to settle affairs in the East, while Mucianus made his way through Asia Minor and Thrace to attack Vitellius.
		As no mention is made of Mucianus during the reigns of Titus or Domitian, he probably died during the reign of Vespasian.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mucianus (310 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 1246 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		Mucianus put several persons to death, and among them Galerianus, the son of C. Piso, who had aspired to the empire in the time of Nero.
		Antonius Primus had anticipated Mucianus in the defeat of Vitellius ; and as Mucianus did not like Primus, who was also a turbulent man, he compelled his legions, which were much attached to their commander, to quit Rome.
		Vespasianus was mainly indebted to Mucianus, governor of Syria, for his imperial title, and he was not ungrateful for the services that Mucianus had rendered him, though Mucianus was of an arrogant and ambitious disposition, and gave Vespasian some trouble by his behaviour.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/3580.html (1026 words)

	Tacitus - HISTORIES
		Mucianus in frequent letters advised the same policy; a victory that should cost neither blood nor tears, and other objects of the kind, were his pretexts; but in truth he was greedy of glory, and anxious to keep the whole credit of the war to himself.
		Mucianus also wrote to him to the same effect, and Vitellius was often disposed to trust these overtures, and even discussed the number of his household and the choice of a residence on the coast.
		Mucianus did in fact delay the conquerors by ambiguously-worded dispatches; Antonius, by a perverse acquiescence, or by an attempt to throw the odium upon another, laid himself open to blame; the other generals, by imagining that the war was over, contrived a distinction for its closing scene.
	mcadams.posc.mu.edu /txt/ah/Tacitus/TacitusHistory03.html (19019 words)

	Tacitus: History: Book 2 [80]
		Mucianus, who acted more as a colleague than as a servant of the Emperor, moved on with some light-armed troops, not indeed at a tardy pace so as to give the appearance of delay, yet not with extraordinary speed.
		Mucianus, with the perpetual assertion that money was the sinews of war, looked in all questions, not to right or truth, but only to the extent of a man's fortune.
		Mucianus contributed to the war even from his own purse, liberal with his private means because he helped himself without scruple from the wealth of the State.
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	The Internet Classics Archive \| The Histories by Tacitus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		But Mucianus found his principal cause of apprehension in Primus Antonius and Varus Arrius, who, in the freshness of their fame, while distinguished by great achievements and by the attachment of the soldiery, were also supported by the people, because in no case had they extended their severities beyond the battle-field.
		Mucianus, seeing that Antonius could not be openly crushed, heaped many praises upon him in the Senate, and loaded him with promises in secret, holding out as a prize the government of Eastern Spain, then vacant in consequence of the departure of Cluvius Rufus.
		Mucianus ordered these men to be drawn up apart, making the British, the German, and any other troops that there were belonging to other armies, take up separate positions.
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	Vespasian - LoveToKnow 1911
		Vespasian, who had a strong vein of superstition, was made to believe that he was himself to fulfil this expectation, and all manner of omens and oracles and portents were applied to him.
		He also found encouragement in Mucianus, the governor of Syria; and although a strict disciplinarian and reformer of abuses, he had a soldiery thoroughly devoted to him.
		All eyes in the East were now upon him; Mucianus and the Syrian legions were eager to support him; and on the 1st of July 69, while he was at Caesarea, he was proclaimed emperor, first by the army in Egypt, and then by his troops in Judaea.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Vespasian (1099 words)

	Romans in Britain - Biography of Vespasian
		Mucianus was a Jew, and something of a revolutionary, while Alexander did not have any sons.
		Mucianus gather about 20,000 troops and began the long trek to Rome with the intention of claiming the throne for Vespasian, who controlled the situation from the eastern part of the empire.
		Mucianus arrived shortly afterwards and was angry with Primus for acting on his own without the authority of Vespasian to enter Rome.
	www.romans-in-britain.org.uk /bio_vespasian.htm (935 words)

	Vespasian
		Mucianus had no sons of his own to be his heirs.
		The plan was that Mucianus would lead twenty thousand men into Italy, with Vespasian remaining in the east, where he could control the all-important Egyptian grain supply to Rome.
		Until Vespasian's arrival Mucianus ruled on his behalf alongside the emperor's younger son Domitian who had been in Rome throughout the troubles.
	www.roman-empire.net /emperors/vespasian.html (1662 words)

	Cassius Dio, Roman History, Bk. 65 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		For Mucianus, who claimed that he had bestowed the sovereignty upon Vespasian, plumed himself greatly upon his honours, and especially because he was called brother by him, and had authority to transact any business that he wished without the emperor's express direction, and could issue written orders by merely adding the other's name.
		Mucianus desired to be honoured by all and above all, so that he was displeased not only when any man whatever insulted him, but also when anyone failed to extol him greatly.
		Now Mucianus was gathering countless sums into the public treasury with the greatest eagerness from every possible quarter, thereby relieving Vespasian of the censure what such a proceeding entailed.
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	Vespasian (Part 1)
		Neither Alexander nor Mucianus could claim the throne for themselves, the former since he was a knight, not a senator — and a foreigner as well, a renegade Jew — and the latter because, lacking sons of his own, he could not form a dynasty.
		Mucianus was now in charge of Rome, where he executed Vitellius’ son and other possible malcontents, and kept a suspicious eye on Vespasian’s pushing younger son Domitian, who had been with his doomed uncle Sabinus on the burning Captiol before effecting a dramatic escape.
		Mucianus was loaded with distinctions and remained an important adviser of the ruler until his death some six years later, although he was not admitted to any share of imperial powers.
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	The Works Of Tacitus, Vol. 4 (1737): The Online Library of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		Mucianus, therefore, seeing he could not openly crush Antonius, after he had heaped upon him publicly in the Senate, praises mighty and many, loaded him in private with large promises, and particularly flattered him with “the government of the nethermost Spain, destitute of a ruler by the departure of Cluvius Rufus.
		Mucianus, therefore, proceeding to the camp, directed the vanquishing army to be ranged along, with small intervals between the distinct bands, and all under their particular banners and arms, thence with more certainty to discern during what term of years they had severally served.
		Mucianus at last stayed their groundless fear, by telling them, “That they were all sworn to the same allegiance, all soldiers of the same Prince.” The truth is, that to these their tears and wailings even the vanquishing army joined sympathising cries.
	oll.libertyfund.org /Texts/Tacitus0248/Works/HTMLs/History/0263_Pt04_Book4.html (16136 words)

	Roman Emperors DIR Vitellius
		Vespasian conservatively sent Gaius Licinius Mucianus, governor of Syria, toward Rome while he himself headed for Alexandria to secure control of the grain supply to the city.
		Mucianus arrived at Rome, put an end to the disorder, and maintained his interim position until replaced by Vespasian himself, who arrived at Rome in the summer of 70.
		Vitellius' was the last of the short reigns during the "Year of the Four Emperors," for Vespasian's accession marked the start of a tenure which was to last for a decade.
	www.roman-emperors.org /vitell.html (618 words)

	Vespasian - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		However, in 66, Vespasian was appointed to conduct the war in Judaea, which was threatening unrest throughout the East.
		He also found encouragement in Mucianus, the governor of Syria; and although a strict disciplinarian and reformer of abuses, Vespasian's soldiers were thoroughly devoted to him.
		All eyes in the East were now upon him; Mucianus and the Syrian legions were eager to support him; and while he was at Caesarea, he was proclaimed emperor (July 1, 69), first by the army in Egypt, and then by his troops in Iudaea (July 11).
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Vespasian (1734 words)

	The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Histories (Vol II), by Tacitus, translated by W. Hamilton Fyfe.
		They had met at Poetovio1 at the head-quarters of the Third legion, where they debated whether they should block the passage of the Pannonian Alps and wait until their whole strength came up to reinforce them, or whether they should take a bolder line, assume the offensive, and strike for Italy.
		Mucianus had sent letter after letter 17with the same advice, pointing to the prospect of a victory without bloodshed or bereavement, and using other similar pretexts to conceal his real motive.
		They were on the point of storming the Roman camp as well, when Mucianus, who knew of the victory at Cremona, sent the Sixth legion120 against them.
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	The Histories [of Ancient Rome] by Cornelius Tacitus:book 4
		Mucianus entered the pretorian camp to form a more correct estimate of each claimant's seniority, and made the victorious Flavians parade in open order bearing their proper decorations and arms.
		Mucianus ordered these men to be segregated and formed up in separate parties according as they came from Germany, Britain or any other garrisons.
		As for the centurion sent by Mucianus, when he put in to the harbour at Carthage, he behaved as though Piso were emperor, and was loud in good wishes to him.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/tacitusc/histries/chap15.htm (4247 words)

	Vespasian
		Vespasian eventually believed that this procphecy applied to him, and and found a number of omens and oracles and portents that reinforced this belief.
		He also found encouragement in Licinius Mucianus, the governor of Syria; and although a strict disciplinarian, and reformer of abuses, Vespasian had a soldiery thoroughly devoted to him.
		All eyes in the East were now upon him; Mucianus and the Syrian legions were eager to support him; and on while he was at Caesarea, he was proclaimed emperor (July 1, 69), first by the army in Egypt, and then by his troops in Judaea (July 11).
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	Constitutional Struggle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		He had been consul in 143 B.C. and was the ex-consul whom the new consuls at the their first session of the senate called on first to give his opinion: for the rest of that year Appius Claudius Pulcher held the title as a mark of respect.
		Scaevola was consul in 133 B.C. and was therefore in a position to guide the discussion in the Senate since his consular colleague Piso was in Sicily dealing with the slave rebellion.
		Mucianus was the pontifex maximus, chief priest of the Roman state.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /westcivi/the_constitutional_struggle.htm (617 words)

	Tacitus, The Works of Tacitus, vol. 4 - History (Books 3-5), Germany, Agricola ToC: The Online Library of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		They were already proceeding to demolish the entrenchments of the Legions, had not Mucianus sent the sixth Legion to oppose them: For he was apprized of the victory at Cremona, and apprehended what a terrible storm of foreign violence must from each quarter ensue, should the Dacians and Germans once break in through different limits.
		There a Cohort was slaughtered, the same formerly retained in the service of the King: They had thereafter been presented with the privilege of Roman Citizens, and thence in their arms and banners adhered to the usage of the Romans, yet still followed the idle life and licentious spirit of Greeks.
		The truth is, Mucianus fretted at so quick a victory, and judged that were he not present at the entry into Rome, he should be deprived of all share in the war, and in the glory of the war.
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		Mucianus had sent letter after letter with the same advice, pointing to the prospect of a victory without bloodshed or bereavement, and using other similar pretexts to conceal his real motive.
		Antonius and his fellow generals decided to send the cavalry ahead 52 to explore the whole of Umbria, and to see whether any of the Apennines were accessible by a gentler route; to summon the eagles and standards[139] and all the troops at Verona,[140] and to fill the Po and the sea with provision ships.
		Even Mucianus helped to delay the victors' advance by the ambiguity of his dispatches, and Antonius was also to blame for his untimely compliance with instructions--or else for trying to throw the responsibility[215] on Mucianus.
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	VespasianOV
		Then Vespasian got support from an unexpected source, the Danubian legions who had been on their way to re-inforce Otho had gotten as far as Aquileia when they heard of his defeat and suicide.
		The plan was that Mucianus would lead twenty thousand men into Italia, while Vespasian would remain in the east, where he could control the all-important Egyptian grain supply to Rome.
		The senate recognised Vespasian as emperor and soon after Mucianus arrived in Rome and until Vespasians arrival he ruled together with Vespasians son Domitian (who had been in the city troughout all the troubles).
	www.xs4all.nl /~sp88k/Coin/Traveler/Overviews/VespasianOV.htm (1470 words)

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		MUCIANUS, LICINIUS, Roman general and statesman, lived during the 1st century A.D. His name shows that he had passed by adoption from the Mucian to the Licinian gens.
		About A.D. 55 he was sent by Claudius, who had become suspicious of his intimacy with Messallina, to Armenia with Domitius Corbulo.
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		The campaign was difficult and taxing, and though the Roman victory was not complete when Vitellius came to the throne in April 69, neither that nor his great distance from Rome deterred Vespasian from making his bid for power.
		Vitellius was overthrown and Mucianus was able to establish Vespasian’s authority.
		Mucianus ousted Primus and his legions, and ruled Rome on Vespasian’s behalf until he finally arrived in October, 70 – wholly 15 months after he was hailed emperor by his soldiers.
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	The Histories [of Ancient Rome] by Cornelius Tacitus:book 3
		He, and other reliable adherents, were given clearer hints by Mucianus, and all of them sent back unfavourable reports on the excessive haste of Primus and Varus, which was just what their correspondent wanted.
		These complaints came to the ears of Mucianus, and they caused a serious rift between the two, in which Antonius showed what he felt with greater frankness, whereas Mucianus hugged his grievances with wily, and hence more implacable, cunning.
		Mucianus persistently held up the victors by his ambiguously-phrased letters, while Antonius' misplaced deference earned him condemnation in the very act of forestalling criticism.
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	BOOK IV, January — November, A.D. 70 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-23)
		And even the invective against Vitellius comes too late, and is ungenerous; while certainly it is arrogance to the State and an insult to the Emperor to boast that he had the Imperial power in his hands, and made a present of it to Vespasian.”; Their dislike, however, was concealed; their adulation was open enough.
		At Rome report exaggerated all these disasters, and disturbed Mucianus with the fear that the generals, though distinguished men (for he had already appointed Gallus Annius and Petilius Cerialis to the command), would be unequal to the weight of so vast a war.
		Mucianus ejected him from his office, and, not to leave him without consolation, made him superintendent of the sale of corn.
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