Tiberius never wanted to be a part of the public life, let alone the official emperor of Rome. Tiberius was politically challenged because he had no motivation, because he had no desire to be the in charge. He was born on November 16, 42 BC. At the age of three his mother, Livia, divorced his father and married Octavian, the future emperor, Augustus. (BBC) His birth father despised Augustus, yet his mother divorced his father just to marry his worst enemy. It seems as if Livia had a slight hatred toward Augustus; it wasn’t just Nero. “Augustus wanted to marry Livia [and] Nero surrendered her to him, and died soon afterwards.” (Our Civilization) Nero was utterly against Augustus for Tiberius’ entire childhood, and then his psycho mom goes and marries Augustus. (Anceint) Augustus and Livia were married in 27 BCE (Ancient). Who knows why anyone would want to marry Livia, she was quite the crazy woman. She had Tiberius’ entire life planned out since the day he was born. His mental health had to be moderately corrupted because of both of his parents. (Ancient) Tiberius was an intelligent, mature child, but he rarely used his abilities. He spoke Greek well, but didn’t use it very often. He also knew of mythology. He was always asking questions even if the timing was inappropriate. (Penelope) Tiberius grew up all over the map because his parents fled from Augustus. The average person, whether or not they are willing to admit it, wants to be on top. They want to be powerful and in charge. People are aggressive, but Tiberius was extremely passive and didn’t want to be on top. Although, people believed he would do anything to become and stay a Roman ruler. (BBC) He was thrust into the public life without a say in the matter. His first ex...
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Tacitus was born in 56ad and died in 115ad. His book the Annals is a history of the Julio Claudian emperors. The book starts with Augustus and ends with Nero. The way that Tacitus describes Tiberius 's reign is rather different from how that emperor is remembered. When people think of Tiberius they usually think of an old man on Capri ignoring the needs of the empire while enjoying himself with perverse entertainment. The way Tacitus describes his reign it 's almost as if he is describing a completely different person.
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Tiberius, who served as emperor from 14 to 37 AD, began his rule after the death of his father-in-law, Augustus. Tiberius was a weak ruler, and he understood that ruling Rome was like “holding a wolf by the ears.” When conflict arose in Europe, Tiberius sent his nephew, Germanicus, to deal with it. Germanicus did his job, and this resulted in Tiberius fearing the newest war-hero. To avoid the issue, Germanicus was appointed governor of the remote eastern provinces by his uncle. After the sudden death of Germanicus, people believed that Tiberius had poisoned him. He denied this, but the accusations never died. When he was in need of advice, Tiberius sought the assistance of Sejanus, a cavalry officer and town cheat. Tiberius sought the assistance of Sejanus, a cavalry officer. Sejanus abused the trust that was put in him, and he began to prosecute potential threats. Germanicus’s family was rumored to be plotting against Tiberius, and Sejanus had them all killed, only sparing his youngest son, Caligula. Tiberius did nothing, moving and cutting himself off from social contact. In Capri. Tiberius, who was safe from danger now, only allowed Sejanus to visit him regularly. When most believed that Sejanus would turn against him, Tiberius did the unexpected. He turned against Sejanus, choosing Caligula, Germanicus’s only surviving son, as heir to the throne. Taking care of Sejanus, Tiberius sent a letter to the Senate, condemning the cavalry officer. They captured him, strangled him, and dumped his body in the river Tiber. Tiberius died in 37 AD.
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Augustus created the office of emperor with the Augustan Principate, which was “to have no institutionalized authoritarian power, no perpetual dictatorship such as Julius Caesar had had himself voted early in 44, or anything like it (Stockton, 124).” Despite his wishes the people of Rome ended up giving Augustus eternal office, and powers to control the Senate with the rights to dictate agendas and veto (Stockton, 128). The people of Rome had created a position of absolute power, the exact thing Augustus was attempting to prevent. At the time the people of Rome could not have realized what they were creating in the office of emperor, for Augustus was a great man whose leadership created a great shadow over the shoulder of any future emperor.
Octavian enabled the long, nonviolent time of the Pax Romana, (Latin for Roman peace) by changing Rome from a frail, collapsing republican government to a powerful empire. He is known as the first, and one of the greatest, Roman Emperors ever. Octavian was born on September 23, 63 BC, and died in 14 AD. Born with the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he was adopted posthumously by his great-uncle Gaius Julius Caesar via his will, and then was named Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. This happened in 44 BC when his great uncle, Julius Caesar, was assassinated by a group of conspirators. Additionally, he received the name “Augustus” a term meaning “the revered one” from the Roman Senate in 27 BC. Because of the various names he had, it is common to call him Octavius while referring to the events that between 63 and 44 BC, Octavian when referring to events between 44 and 27 BC, and Augustus when referring to events after 27 BC. Octavian is arguably the single most important figure in Roman history. Ever since he was a young boy, he was destined to become the next great leader. For example, Octavian along with his friend Marcus Agrippa went to visit the Sibyl of Cumae (oracle). When the Sibyl saw him, she bowed at his feet and said that he would be the next great leader. He did not believe her at the time, but just a few years later Julius Caesar would be dead and he would have power. Over the course of his long and spectacular career as “Principate,” he put an end to the collapse of the Republic, and established a system that would stand in the Roman government for three centuries.
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The Roman Republic began approximately around 509 B.C. when the nobles drove the King and his family out of Rome. This monumental incident helped shape the start to the transformation of the monarchy into a republican governmental system. This is known to have begun by that of the Roman nobles trying to hold their power that they had gained. The Republic was “[a] city-state [which] was the foundation of Greek society in the Hellenic Age; in the Hellenistic Age, Greek cities became subordinate to kingdoms, larder political units ruled by autocratic monarchs” (Perry 105)
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