Tiberius Quotes


I shall always be consistent and never change my ways so long as I am in my senses; but for the sake of precedent the Senate should beware of binding itself to support the acts of any man, since he might through some mischance suffer a change.


Citations

Suetonius. Lives of the Caesars, Volume I: Julius. Augustus. Tiberius. Gaius. Caligula. Translated by J. C. Rolfe, Harvard University Press, 1914, p. 391.

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Tiberius
  • Born:
  • Died: March 16, 0037
  • Nationality: Roman
  • Profession: Statesman

Tiberius Caesar Augustus was the second Roman emperor, reigning from AD 14 to 37. He succeeded his stepfather, Augustus.