{"product_id":"tiberius-hardback-9781405115285","title":"Tiberius (Hardback) 9781405115285","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTiberius\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobin Seager (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405115285, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 2 December 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.7 x 16 x 3.1 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"This second edition is a welcome revision of the excellent \u003ci\u003eTiberius ... \u003c\/i\u003eThe book has much to commend it ... Undergraduates will find it an excellent resource, and one not beyond sixth-form students.\" \u003ci\u003eJournal of Classics Teaching\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobin Seager has updated his classic biography of Tiberius, which focuses on the Emperor’s complex character as the key to understanding his reign.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe most readable account available of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that Tiberius’ character provides the key to understanding his reign.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePortrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShows how Tiberius’ fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA new afterword discusses important new evidence that has come to light on the reign of Tiberius.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIllustrations. \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronological Table.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStemma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Tiberius' Childhood: The Political Background.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of the Republic.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius’ Birth and Infancy: The Triumvirate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Augustan Principate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Tiberius and Augustus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius’ First Steps in Public Life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Succession: Marcellus and the Sons of Agrippa.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Northern Frontier: Rhaetia and Vindelicia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Succession: Tiberius’ Marriage to Julia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Northern Frontier: Illyricum and Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius’ Retirement to Rhodes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius’ Adoption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Northern Frontier: Germany and Pannonia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius the Successor of Augustus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Accession of Tiberius.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Death of Augustus and the Removal of Agrippa Posthumus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Interim and the Meeting of the Senate on 17 September.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Germanicus and Drusus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mutinies on the Danube and the Rhine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe German Campaigns of 15.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe German Campaigns of 16.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trial of Libo and the Rising Clemens.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrusus in Illyricum.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGermanicus in the East.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Trial of Piso.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Succession: Drusus and the Sons of Germanicus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Tiberius as Princeps, ad 14-26.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSenate and Magistrates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Equestrian Order and the People.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHonours and Titles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReligion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Law of \u003ci\u003eMaiestas.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Provinces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius and the Precepts of Augustus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Seianus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of Seianus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeianus’ Ambitions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeianus and the Death of Drusus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Drusus to Tiberius’ Withdrawal to Capreae.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Supremacy of Seianus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fall of Seianus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Last Years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius and Rome after Seianus’ Fall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Eastern Frontier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Succession: Gaius and Tiberius Gemellus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiberius’ Death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterword.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStemma.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sources.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTactitus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuetonius.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDio.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVelleius Paterculus.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdditional Bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" 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