TIBERIUS THE TYRANT [Illustration: _Art Repro Co._ _Tiberius._] TIBERIUS THE TYRANT By J. C. TARVER AUTHOR OF “LIFE AND LETTERS OF GUSTAVE FLAUBERT” “SOME OBSERVATIONS OF A FOSTER PARENT” ETC ETC WESTMINSTER ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO LTD 2 WHITEHALL GARDENS 1902 BUTLER & TANNER, THE SELWOOD PRINTING WORKS, FROME, AND LONDON. CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION: THE EXPANSION OF ROME AND THE EQUESTRIAN ORDER 1 THE ROMAN PEOPLE 24 THE SENATE 42 SLAVERY 60 CHAPTER I THE DEATH OF AUGUSTUS 79 II PARENTS AND CHILDHOOD OF TIBERIUS 85 III OCTAVIAN 106 IV AUGUSTUS 129 V THE EDUCATION OF TIBERIUS 143 VI THE FAMILY OF AUGUSTUS 164 VII THE FIRST RETIREMENT OF TIBERIUS 185 VIII THE RETURN OF TIBERIUS 197 IX THE CAMPAIGNS OF TIBERIUS 215 X THE LAST YEARS OF AUGUSTUS 245 XI THE ACCESSION OF TIBERIUS 253 XII THE MUTINIES IN PANNONIA AND ON THE RHINE 270 XIII TACITUS AND TIBERIUS 293 XIV THE CASE OF SCRIBONIUS LIBO 320 XV GERMANICUS AND PISO 331 XVI TIBERIUS AND THE SENATE 353 XVII SEJANUS 385 XVIII THE RETIREMENT AT CAPREÆ 418 Introduction I The Expansion of Rome and the Equestrian Order