Tiberius [Hardcover]

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• The most readable account available of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor.
  
• Argues that Tiberius’ character provides the key to understanding his reign.
  
• Portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power.
  
• Shows how Tiberius’ fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality.
  
• A new afterword discusses important new evidence that has come to light on the reign of Tiberius.

Preface to the Second Edition.

Preface to the First Edition.

Chronological Table.

Abbreviations.

Stemma.

Maps.

1 Tiberius' Childhood: The Political Background.

The End of the Republic.

Tiberius’ Birth and Infancy: The Triumvirate.

The Augustan Principate.

2 Tiberius and Augustus.

Tiberius’ First Steps in Public Life.

The Succession: Marcellus and the Sons of Agrippa.

The Northern Frontier: Rhaetia and Vindelicia.

The Succession: Tiberius’ Marriage to Julia.

The Northern Frontier: Illyricum and Germany.

Tiberius’ Retirement to Rhodes.

Tiberius’ Adoption.

The Northern Frontier: Germany and Pannonia.

Tiberius the Successor of Augustus.

3 The Accession of Tiberius.