822:. Instead, Tiberius addressed a number of contradictory letters to the Senate, some of which praised Sejanus and his friends and some of which denounced them. Tiberius variously announced that he would arrive in Rome the next day or that he was at the point of death. He stepped down as consul, forcing Sejanus to do the same and conferred an honorary priesthood upon Caligula, rekindling popular support for the house of Germanicus. The ensuing confusion was successful in alienating Sejanus from many of his followers. With the intentions of the emperor no longer clear, it was now deemed a safer course of action in Rome to withdraw from overtly supporting Sejanus until the matter was clearly resolved.
833:(Roman police and fire department), to replace Sejanus and effect his downfall. On October 18, AD 31, Sejanus was summoned to a Senate meeting by a letter from Tiberius, ostensibly to bestow the tribunician powers upon him. At dawn, he entered the Senate; while the letter was being read, Macro assumed control of the Praetorian Guard, and members of the vigiles, led by Publius Graecinius Laco, surrounded the building. The senators at first congratulated Sejanus, but when the letter, which initially digressed into completely unrelated matters, suddenly denounced him and ordered his arrest, he was immediately apprehended and imprisoned in the
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Sejanus. Her relations with Tiberius became increasingly fraught, as she made it clear that she believed that he was responsible for the death of Germanicus. The climate
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October 26, after addressing a letter to Tiberius which claimed that Drusus had been poisoned with the complicity of Livilla. The accusations were further corroborated by confessions from Livilla's slaves, who, under torture, admitted to having administered the poison to Drusus.
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in AD 18, and sharing the consulship with
Tiberius in AD 21. In practice it was still Sejanus who was the second man in the empire, and he was ambitious to further expand his power. As early as AD 20, Sejanus had sought to solidify his connection with the imperial family by betrothing his daughter
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Augustus in 27 BC, with the specific function to serve as a bodyguard to the emperor and members of the imperial family. Much more than a guard however, the Praetorians also managed the day-to-day care of the city, such as general security and civil administration. Furthermore, their
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Although Rome at first rejoiced at the demise of
Sejanus, the city was quickly plunged into more extensive trials as Tiberius persecuted all those who could in any way be tied to the schemes of Sejanus or had courted his friendship. The Senatorial ranks were purged; the hardest hit were those
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everyone who wanted their requests answered quickly flattered
Sijanus. By AD 23, he exerted a considerable influence over the decisions of the emperor, who referred to Sejanus as "Socius Laborum" (my partner in my toils). By this time he had been raised to the rank of
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just outside Rome and the number of cohorts was increased from nine to twelve, one of which now held the daily guard at the palace. The practice of joint leadership between two prefects was abandoned, and Sejanus himself appointed the
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against the soldiers of his own guard. Although the Praetorian Guard proved faithful to the aging Tiberius, their potential political power had been made clear. The power Sejanus attained in his capacity as prefect proved
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his followers were advanced with public offices and governorships. His privileged position caused resentment among the senatorial class and the imperial family, in particular earning him the enmity of Tiberius's son
1260:(1945), which was written by a classicist with an eye for detail and set during the fall of Sejanus and the reign of Caligula. It is equally true of some recent detective novels set in Roman times. David Wishart's
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presence served as a constant reminder to the people and the Senate of the substantial armed force which served as the basis for the imperial power. Augustus was careful however to uphold the
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903:, Junilla was said to have been raped first, with the rope around her neck and her body thrown down the Gemonian stairs along with her brother's. At the beginning of the following year,
1146:, signed with the pseudonym Timothy Tory (1681). The story of Sejanus, with reference to the Earl's imprisonment in the Tower on a charge of treason, is interpreted as an argument for
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but Syme has rejected this, instead he believes that Lucius Seius Tubero was Junia Blaesa's son from a marriage to Quintus Aelius Tubero whom Strabo adopted upon marrying Junia.
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and Agrippina who managed to survive the purges of Sejanus, being their youngest male child, by moving to Capri with Tiberius in AD 31; meanwhile, his three younger sisters,
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his authority in Rome, he immediately took steps to remove him from power. However, he realised that an outright condemnation could provoke Sejanus to attempt a
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family. Having divorced Apicata two years earlier, he asked to marry Drusus' widow Livilla in AD 25, possibly with an eye towards placing himself, as an adopted
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families with political ties to the Julians. Even the imperial magistracy was not exempted from Tiberius's wrath. Arrests and executions were now supervised by
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and wealthy equestrians in the city, removing those capable of opposing his power as well as extending the imperial (and his own) treasury. Networks of
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1225:(1934). In this Antonia sends the letter of accusation to Tiberius via Claudius, after discovering her daughter is plotting with Sejanus. And since
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1177:. This was prefaced with a tongue-in-cheek dedication to
154:
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1824:
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1241:(London, 1866); later examples include Paul L. Maier's
1150:, direct rule without the intermediary of politicians.
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was attacked in 1735 in the course of a popular skit,
659:, which he did in AD 26, and finally to the island of
543:. In part due to what the soldiers believed to be bad
2394:
A History of the Roman World From 30 B.C. to A.D. 138
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1142:, was the target of the four-page political pamphlet
719:, also all managed to survive the purges of Sejanus.
381:, Sejanus was also a former favourite of the wealthy
172:
166:
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1198:
Sejanus, a tragedy: as it was intended for the stage
1126:. This was followed in 1634 by another translation,
490:, Drusus was poisoned in AD 23 by agents of Sejanus.
385:, whose daughter may have been Sejanus's first wife
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1310:
1285:
1124:The Powerful Favourite, the life of Aelius Sejanus
1039:was suspected of having alluded to Sejanus in his
962:notes that after Sejanus, no other prefect except
2612:. 2nd Ed. London: Charles Griffin & Co. p.345
3463:
3319:Syme, Ronald (1956). "Seianus on the Aventine".
3063:Tacitus, Cornelius (1942) . Hadas, Moses (ed.).
1132:Politicall Observations upon the Fall of Sejanus
1074:borrowed from the poem for some passages in his
503:. A statue had been erected in his honor in the
3100:Tacitus, Cornelius (1942). Bryant, Sara (ed.).
2642:
2905:Graves, Robert (2006-08-03). "Chapters 21-7".
1351:
1239:Dion and the Sibyls: A Classic Christian Novel
1140:Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury
425:The Praetorian Guard was an elite unit of the
1060:Sejanus's fall is depicted in the section in
861:That same evening the Senate convened at the
434:veneer of this regime, and only allowed nine
2776:W. Thomas, Wilfrid Laurier University 2006,
1570:
2792:
1347:
1345:
1343:
1341:
1339:
1337:
1335:
1055:
1047:details a history of Rome from the fall of
1027:, in his letter to Cordus' daughter Marcia
764:and his body unceremoniously cast down the
3289:
3102:The Complete Works of Tacitus. The Annals…
3011:The Conspiracy to Assassinate Jesus Christ
2412:. Paris: Editions De Boccard. p. 156.
2057:
1247:The Conspiracy to Assassinate Jesus Christ
840:
643:Sejanus again attempted to marry into the
1245:(Grand Rapids MI 1968) and Chris Seepe's
869:, after which his body was cast onto the
578:
484:Drusus the Younger (Drusus Julius Caesar)
438:to be formed (one fewer than in a normal
195:class by birth, Sejanus rose to power as
2796:C----- and Country. A Play of Seven Acts
1332:
844:
810:, writing nearly 200 years later in his
582:
477:
354:, the second wife of the future Emperor
350:(consul in AD 4), who was the father of
3268:
3247:
1288:Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary
1233:'s crucifixion. The first of these was
1101:George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
784:of Tacitus has been lost. According to
293:has argued that Sejanus's mother was a
283:Servius Cornelius Lentulus Maluginensis
258:class (or knights), the second-highest
141:– 18 October AD 31), commonly known as
3464:
3193:, Latin text with English translation.
3037:at the University of Florida libraries
2904:
2838:
2821:
2275:
184:soldier, friend, and confidant of the
2978:
2855:
2623:"A.S.Kline translation, lines 56–113"
2407:
2397:(6th ed.). Methuen. p. 133.
397:
3318:
3171:Penelope (The University of Chicago)
2951:
1411:
1386:
1266:Empire Betrayed: The Fall of Sejanus
1215:(New York 1839). It also figures in
3507:People executed by the Roman Empire
3327:(3). Franz Steiner Verlag: 257–66.
1134:, which had originally been titled
940:
473:
377:According to the ancient historian
319:Sejanus was later adopted into the
13:
3241:
2712:Lives of Eminent British Statesmen
2285:. London: Routledge. p. 127.
1082:Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex
857:erased as a result of his sentence
740:, and finally became betrothed to
278:' most powerful political allies.
14:
3543:
3340:
2958:. Christian Publication Society.
2060:The American Journal of Philology
1354:The American Journal of Philology
1188:(1647) and Henri van der Zande's
1086:Tragedy of Claudius Tiberius Nero
973:
287:Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio
238:Sejanus was born around 20 BC at
3517:People executed by strangulation
3439:Faustus Cornelius Sulla Lucullus
3040:
3028:
1173:was reissued under the title of
970:, would rise to such influence.
966:, who commanded the Guard under
631:. Following his death, his wife
559:Junilla to the son of Claudius,
445:When Strabo was assigned to the
392:
147:
36:
3502:1st-century praetorian prefects
3445:Sextus Tedius Valerius Catullus
3347:Sejanus, biography at xenos.org
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1496:
1487:
1202:Sejanus: A Tragedy in Five Acts
1122:was published under the title,
917:Prefect of the Praetorian Guard
915:, who succeeded Sejanus as the
727:
418:in 1 BC. Upon the accession of
408:prefect of the Praetorian Guard
2679:"Online introduction and text"
1478:
1469:
1430:
1405:
1380:
1278:
1213:Sejanus, and Other Roman Tales
285:(suffect consul in AD 10) and
254:. The Seii were Romans of the
1:
3522:Victims of familial execution
3292:American Journal of Philology
2856:Zande, Henri van der (1716).
2609:A History of Roman Literature
1271:
776:, son of Drusus, or possibly
370:by crushing the rebellion of
135:
51:
2391:Salmon, Edward Togo (1987).
2243:A recovered fragment of the
907:was also passed on Livilla.
829:, previously prefect of the
221:. When Tiberius withdrew to
7:
3186:The Lives of Twelve Caesars
3109:Bingham, Sandra J. (1997).
2952:Keon, Miles Gerald (1872).
2563:, To Marcia On Consolation
2507:The Lives of Twelve Caesars
1992:The Lives of Twelve Caesars
1725:The Lives of Twelve Caesars
1628:, To Marcia On Consolation
1204:by P. J. A. Chaulk (1923)
722:
333:half-brother's half-brother
72:October 18, 31 AD (aged 50)
10:
3548:
3175:Perseus (Tufts University)
3096:Perseus (Tufts University)
3055:
2933:Xenos Christian Fellowship
2886:"pp.1–55 Web archive text"
1136:Della peripetia di fortuna
18:
3482:1st-century Roman consuls
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3275:. New York: I.B. Tauris.
3248:Vacanti, Claudio (2022).
3098:. A further edition, see
2911:. Penguin Books Limited.
2803:). London, ENG: T. Monger
2700:Early Theatre 14.2 (2011)
2625:. Poetryintranslation.com
2410:Les Cohortes Prétoriennes
1030:To Marcia, On Consolation
935:
274:, who was one of Emperor
233:
125:of the Roman Empire in 31
118:
108:
98:
90:
80:
68:
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35:
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3430:Tiberius Caesar Augustus
3269:Bingham, Sandra (2013).
3219:To Marcia On Consolation
3165:See digital versions at
3086:See digital versions at
2606:Cruttwell, C. T. (1878)
2476:To Marcia On Consolation
1414:The Augustan Aristocracy
1389:The Augustan Aristocracy
1254:William Percival Crozier
1056:Literary interpretations
964:Gaius Fulvius Plautianus
535:. While his adopted son
3397:Lucius Naevius Surdinus
3202:Antiquities of the Jews
2985:. Kregel Publications.
2801:The Downfall of Sejanus
2488:On the Embassy to Gaius
2282:Tiberius the Politician
2107:Juvenal, Satire X.67–72
2094:Antiquities of the Jews
1105:The Emperor's Favourite
841:Execution and aftermath
3532:Ancient Roman adoptees
3512:1st-century executions
3403:Gaius Cassius Longinus
3387:Naevius Sutorius Macro
2979:Maier, Paul L (1968).
2727:Volume 1, Google Books
2408:Durry, Marcel (1938).
1258:The Fates Are Laughing
1256:'s historical romance
1111:, who was sent to the
1015:Gaius Cassius Longinus
999:Aulus Cremutius Cordus
978:With the exception of
933:
913:Naevius Sutorius Macro
858:
827:Naevius Sutorius Macro
755:
604:
593:Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
579:Consolidation of power
491:
346:(consul in 11 BC) and
3527:Ancient Roman equites
3206:Book XVIII, Chapter 6
2839:Magnon, Jean (1647).
2596:II.127–128 II.127–128
2590:Velleius Paterculus,
1571:Syme, Ronald (1958).
1511:Bingham, pp. 231, 40.
1412:Syme, Ronald (1989).
1387:Syme, Ronald (1989).
988:Suetonius Tranquillus
928:
848:
750:
709:Agrippina the Younger
687:and two of her sons,
586:
523:had broken out among
481:
383:Marcus Gavius Apicius
344:Quintus Aelius Tubero
314:Quintus Aelius Tubero
132:Lucius Aelius Sejanus
91:Years of service
30:Lucius Aelius Sejanus
3221:English translation.
3208:English translation.
2822:Jonson, Ben (1770).
2793:Masquerader (1735).
2559:Seneca the Younger,
2470:Seneca the Younger,
1624:Seneca the Younger,
1011:Marcus Junius Brutus
699:in AD 30, and later
681:Gaius Asinius Gallus
514:Drusus Julius Caesar
366:in AD 21 and earned
219:Drusus Julius Caesar
3370:Lucius Seius Strabo
2955:Dion and the Sibyls
2748:Siobhan C. Keenan,
2510:, Life of Tiberius
1994:, Life of Tiberius
1727:, Life of Claudius
1003:Velleius Paterculus
980:Velleius Paterculus
685:Agrippina the Elder
633:Agrippina the Elder
348:Sextus Aelius Catus
329:Sextus Aelius Catus
325:Gaius Aelius Gallus
306:Lucius Seius Tubero
252:Lucius Seius Strabo
3377:Praetorian prefect
3362:Political offices
3352:2014-12-21 at the
3212:Seneca the Younger
2938:2014-12-21 at the
1128:Sir Thomas Hawkins
1025:Seneca the Younger
924:Edward Togo Salmon
859:
695:were arrested and
609:tribunician powers
605:
492:
398:Praetorian prefect
304:Sejanus's brother
103:Praetorian prefect
3458:
3457:
3454:
3451:as Suffect consul
3436:Succeeded by
3412:
3409:as Suffect consul
3384:Succeeded by
3254:. Roma: Carocci.
2872:See the preface,
2681:. Extra.shu.ac.uk
2580:Book III, preface
2422:Bingham, p. 234f.
1235:Miles Gerald Keon
1194:Francis Gentleman
1148:absolute monarchy
1077:Sejanus: His Fall
1067:damnatio memoriae
1045:The Roman History
968:Septimius Severus
905:damnatio memoriae
880:damnatio memoriae
863:Temple of Concord
774:Tiberius Gemellus
505:Theatre of Pompey
459:a single garrison
250:. His father was
129:
128:
3539:
3497:Royal favourites
3448:
3406:
3394:Preceded by
3367:Preceded by
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3191:Life of Tiberius
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3083:
3081:
3049:
3047:Author's summary
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1493:Bingham, p. 238.
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1282:
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1093:Cardinal Mazarin
947:Castra Praetoria
941:Praetorian Guard
851:Augusta Bilbilis
794:Satrius Secundus
587:Bust of Emperor
501:equestrian class
474:Feud with Drusus
368:triumphal honors
327:the prefect, or
201:Praetorian Guard
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3298:(1): 1–16.
3236:Latin text.
3234:10th Satire
2908:I, Claudius
2756:14.2 (2011)
2298:19 February
2066:(1): 1–16.
1990:Suetonius,
1723:Suetonius,
1222:I, Claudius
960:Cassius Dio
808:Cassius Dio
746:Cassius Dio
738:in absentia
614:Nero Caesar
507:and in the
291:Ronald Syme
246:, into the
3466:Categories
3167:Wikisource
3153:0674991931
3125:0612271064
3088:Wikisource
3075:B0006APTTQ
3021:2017-04-20
2891:2013-12-25
2685:2013-12-25
2629:2013-12-25
2575:Phaedrus,
2092:Josephus,
1582:0198143273
1272:References
1072:Ben Jonson
984:historians
982:, ancient
734:consulship
705:Germanicus
597:Copenhagen
537:Germanicus
527:posted in
464:centurions
455:principate
432:republican
427:Roman army
372:Tacfarinas
321:Aelia gens
228:consulship
212:Principate
81:Allegiance
3477:31 deaths
3181:Suetonius
3035:Full text
2874:pp.v-xiii
2541:Tacitus,
2522:Tacitus,
2502:Suetonius
2375:Tacitus,
2360:Tacitus,
2345:Tacitus,
2330:Tacitus,
2315:Tacitus,
2260:Tacitus,
2097:XVIII.6.6
1975:Tacitus,
1955:Tacitus,
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1873:Tacitus,
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1843:Tacitus,
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1460:Tacitus,
1436:Tacitus,
1323:Tacitus,
1179:Lord Bute
867:strangled
835:Tullianum
788:, it was
556:Illyricum
360:proconsul
335:, and by
248:Seia gens
191:. Of the
180:), was a
3350:Archived
3197:Josephus
3159:April 4,
3131:April 4,
3080:April 4,
2936:Archived
2807:April 5,
2546:IV.34–35
2460:LVIII.14
2279:(1999).
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2233:LVIII.11
2213:LVIII.12
2198:LVIII.10
1630:XXII.4–6
1165:and the
1088:(1607).
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1007:Phaedrus
956:Maecenas
931:tyranny.
798:freedman
786:Josephus
762:executed
753:Capreae.
723:Downfall
713:Drusilla
669:senators
657:Campania
653:paranoia
622:Caligula
589:Tiberius
533:Germania
529:Pannonia
482:Bust of
468:tribunes
420:Tiberius
404:Augustus
356:Claudius
276:Augustus
240:Volsinii
208:Augustus
189:Tiberius
109:Commands
59:Volsinii
3419:of the
3333:4474933
3229:Satires
3225:Juvenal
3056:Sources
2842:Sejanus
2782:pp.52–7
2665:1086137
2645:Phoenix
2486:Philo,
2183:LVIII.9
2154:LVIII.8
2136:LVIII.7
2121:LVIII.6
2029:LVIII.5
2014:LVIII.1
1945:LVIII.3
1930:LVIII.4
1609:LVII.22
1573:Tacitus
1528:LVII.19
1262:Sejanus
1186:Sejanus
1171:Sejanus
1167:Hangman
1062:Juvenal
992:Tacitus
951:vigiles
889:Apicata
875:looting
831:vigiles
816:usurped
790:Antonia
748:wrote:
742:Livilla
717:Livilla
701:starved
677:treason
573:Livilla
541:cohorts
525:legions
497:praetor
488:Livilla
436:cohorts
416:Armenia
387:Apicata
379:Tacitus
262:of the
256:Equites
244:Etruria
199:of the
197:prefect
193:Equites
143:Sejanus
63:Etruria
3417:Consul
3381:14–31
3331:
3321:Hermes
3312:293155
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3173:, and
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2577:Fables
2561:Essays
2543:Annals
2524:Annals
2472:Essays
2445:LII.24
2377:Annals
2362:Annals
2347:Annals
2332:Annals
2317:Annals
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2080:293155
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1957:Annals
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1860:Annals
1845:Annals
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