Tiberius Caesar

David Shotter0415319463, 9780415319461

Tiberius Caesar was an enigma to his contemporaries; subsequentgenerations have found this taciturn and reclusive figure noeasier to fathom. When in ad 14, at the age of 56, he succeededAugustus as princeps, he was a man of considerable – mostlymilitary – experience; yet despite this, there were serious anxietiesas to whether his character really suited him to the demands ofthe job, anxieties which he himself appears in some measure tohave shared. According to Tacitus, some felt that Augustus hadadopted him as his successor either because there was no satisfactoryalternative or even so that a poor successor would sheda particularly favourable light on his own memory. To many,Tiberius’ reserved nature concealed haughtiness and arrogance,perhaps even a tendency to cruelty and perversion.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Title……Page 4
Contents……Page 5
LIST OF FIGURES……Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS……Page 12
FOREWORD……Page 14
Introduction……Page 16
Tiberius’ early life……Page 19
The new princeps……Page 32
Tiberius, the senate and the nobility……Page 41
Tiberius and the family of Germanicus……Page 52
Sejanus……Page 62
Tiberius and the Empire……Page 71
Tiberius’ retirement from Rome: his later years……Page 80
The succession……Page 87
Conclusion……Page 91
THE ACCOUNTS OF TIBERIUS’ LIFE AND REIGN……Page 96
THE EVIDENCE OF INSCRIPTIONS AND COINS……Page 106
CHIEF DATES IN THE LIFE OF TIBERIUS……Page 109
GLOSSARY OF LATIN TERMS……Page 111
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY……Page 117
INDEX……Page 122