Tiberius, Second Edition

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About The Product

Robin Seager has updated his classic biography of Tiberius, which focuses on the Emperor's complex character as the key to understanding his reign.

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• The most readable account available of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor.
  
• Argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign.
  
• Portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power.
  
• Shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality.
  
• A new afterword discusses important new evidence that has come to light on the reign of Tiberius.