Tiberius Quotes Flashcards
What did Tacitus say about Tiberius’ accession as a whole?
Says that Tiberius was an unworthy successor (Annals 1.10.7)
What did Tacitus say about how Tiberius delivered his speech to the Senate upon his Accession?
Tacitus describes Tiberius as reading his speech to the Senate in a respectful manner, but he believed he felt unequal to the Senate
What did Suetonius say about how Tiberius delivered his speech to the Senate upon his Accession?
Suetonius describes Tiberius as groaning aloud and making his son read Augustus’ will.
Velleius Paterculus on Tiberius’ Accession as a whole
Paterculus believed Tiberius was the right choice and that any alternative would be bad.
What does Tacitus say about Tiberius’ fears of Germanicus?
Tacitus, Annals 1.7: “Tiberius was afraid Germanicus might prefer the throne to the prospect of it”.
What does Tacitus say about Germanicus’ relationship with the army?
Tacitus, Annals 1.52: “But he was not pleased that Germanicus had courted the army’s goodwill”
What does Velleius Paterculus say about Sejanus as a whole?
Paterculus 2.127-128: calls him a “distinguished assistant” who “shared the burdens of imperial office”
What does Dio say about Sejanus as a whole?
Dio, Roman History 58: claims that Sejanus was treated “as if he were actually emperor” and that Tiberius called him the “Sharer of my Cares”
What does Suetonius say about Tiberius’ reaction to his son’s death?
Suetonius, Tiberius 62: Tiberius increased his cruelty when learning about the death of his son Drusus.
What does Dio say about Sejanus’ death?
Dio, Roman History 58.11: By the Senate’s order, Sejanus was executed and his children were also put to death.
What does Tacitus say about Tacfarinas’ revolt in Africa?
Tacitus 3.73-4: “Never, it is said, was the emperor so exasperated by an insult”
What does Suetonius say about Tacitus’ building programme?
Suetonius, Tiberius 47: “no magnificent works” took place under Tiberius
What does Paterculus say about Tiberius’ building programme?
He describes Tiberius’ “magnificent public buildings”
What does Tacitus say about the Maiestas Trials?
Tacitus: Let him leave Rome “as though he were convicted under the law of treason”.
What does Seneca say about Tiberius’ Maiestas trials?
On Benefits, 3.26: “treason trials became so commonplace they amounted to a form of national madness”
