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418:. Initially, under Augustus the Praetorian Guard was a kind of imperial bodyguard. Under Sejanus, however, it evolved into a powerful and influential branch of the government involved in public security, civil administration, and ultimately political intercession—changes which would have a lasting impact on the course of the Principate. Sejanus was an ambitious man and desired to be emperor, consequently he saw Arruntius as an obstacle to be eliminated. In 31 AD Sejanus concocted a charge of
302:, had died young. This left Tiberius the sole heir of Augustus. It has been suggested that Tiberius' mother Livia may have orchestrated his accession. Tiberius however, wanted to be seen as having been called on to accede to the throne rather than having crept or schemed his way to it. Consequently, he adopted a posture of hesitation, dissimulation and reluctance (though in secret he had already sent letters to the various Roman armies as if supreme power was already his).
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by opening his veins, tired of enduring a life of peril and scorn due to the tyranny of
Sejanus and Macro. Arruntius was aware at this stage that Tiberius was ill and unlikely to recover; however, he foresaw only worse conditions to come under the reign of Tiberius' successor
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