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”
What does Suetonius say about Tiberius’ attitude towards religion?
Suetonius, Tiberius 26: “of the many and great honours offered to him, he accepted but few”.
What does the Stone slate found in Cyprus say?
“To the God Tiberius Caesar Augustus”
What does Tiberius’ letter to the Imperial Cult say?
“I myself am satisfied with more moderate honours suitable for men”
What does Tacitus say about Tiberius’ relationship with the Senate?
Tacitus, Annals 3.65: Tiberius stormed out of the senate yelling that they were “Men primed for slavery!”
What does Tacitus say about Tiberius’ relationship with the Plebs?
Tacitus, Annals 3.55: Tiberius took steps against luxury.
What does Suetonius say about Tiberius’ largesse?
Suetonius, Tiberius 47-48: Large scale generosity was rare
What does Velleius Paterculus say about Tiberius’ relationship with the Plebs?
VP: “how often did he honour the people with largesses”
What does Suetonius say about the people’s reaction to Tiberius’ death?
Suetonius, Tiberius 75: records the joy when news of Tiberius’ death reached Rome. “To the Tiber with Tiberius!”
Quotes for the succession Crisis/ intentions of those who tried to control the succession crisis during Tiberius’ reign
Tacitus Annals 4.3 “Sejanus professed devotion and seduced her” and “felt most inclined to rely on Drusus’ wife”
Tacitus Annals 3.39 “If you think Livilla would be content…to grow old as the wife of a knight”
Dio History of Rome 58.4 “he had won over all of Tiberius’ close associates” “immediately reported…everything the emperor did”“no one told Tiberius what Sejanus was up to”
Suet Tiberius 39 “After the loss of his son Drusus and his adopted son Germanicus”
Dio History of Rome 58.10 “congratulating Sejanus on his imminent grant of tribunician power”
Tacitus Annals 3.29 “Commended Germanicus’ son to the favour of the senate from an early age”
