Which Roman emperor was personally known by or written about by both Thrasyllus of Mendes and Tacitus?
Thrasyllus of Mendes Thrasyllus of Mendes ( ; Greek: Θράσυλλος Μενδήσιος ), also known as Thrasyllus of Alexandria and by his Roman citizenship name Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus ( Τιβέριος Κλαύδιος Θράσυλλος ; fl. second half of the 1st century BC and first half of the 1st century – died 36,), was an Egyptian Greek grammarian and literary commentator. Thrasyllus was an astrologer and a personal friend of the Roman emperor Tiberius, as mentioned in the "Annals" by Tacitus and "The Twelve Caesars" by Suetonius.
Crisis of the Third Century The Crisis of the Third Century, also known as Military Anarchy or the Imperial Crisis (AD 235–284), was a period in which the Roman Empire nearly collapsed under the combined pressures of invasion, civil war, plague, and economic depression. The crisis began with the assassination of Emperor Severus Alexander by his own troops in 235, initiating a 50-year period in which there were at least 26 claimants to the title of Emperor, mostly prominent Roman army generals, who assumed imperial power over all or part of the Empire. The same number of men became accepted by the Roman Senate as emperor during this period and so became legitimate emperors.