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accused him and a number of other senators of treason. While some were saved by the intervention of one of the tribunes of the urban cohorts, Tiberius postponed
Scaurus' case intending to handle it himself; Tacitus notes the emperor "affixed some ominous marks to the name of Scaurus." When Tiberius
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Scaurus had written could be interpreted to disrespect Tiberius. At the suggestion of his wife Sextia, Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus took his own life; she followed suit shortly after.
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gave speeches of congratulation, which the new emperor suspected of being insincere. While
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intervened and brought the body back to order. Both Sulla and
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Scaurus' final episode in the Senate began in the year 32, when
Servilius and
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