in absentia by Galba. He was appointed consul (suffect) for the third time in 72. As no mention is made of Mucianus during the reigns of Titus or Domitian, he probably died during the reign of Vespasian; Syme believes his death happened before 78. Character Tacitus describes the character of Mucianus as follows: Writings A clever writer and historian, Mucianus collected the speeches and letters of Romans of the older republican period, probably including a corpus of proceedings of the Senate (res gesta senatus). He was also the author of a memoir, chiefly dealing with the natural history and geography of the East, a text often quoted by Pliny as the source of miraculous occurrences. See also Licinia gens Mucia gens References Further reading 1st-century geographers 1st-century historians 1st-century Roman governors of Syria 1st-century Romans 1st-century writers Ancient Roman generals Flavian dynasty Latin historians Mucianus, Gaius Roman-era geographers Roman governors of Syria Suffect consuls of Imperial Rome Silver Age Latin writers