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Tiberius succeeds Augustus

14 CE, Rome. An event.

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2,012 years ago

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Augustus' stepson Tiberius takes over. Tacitus says senators hurried to swear loyalty, careful not to look glad or sorry.

Meanwhile at Rome people plunged into slavery—consuls, senators, knights.

Tacitus, Annals 1.7Translated by A. J. Church and W. J. Brodribb (1876)Read the full passage (Tacitus, Annals 1.7, opens scaife.perseus.org)

Background: Tiberius, Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

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