Depending on whether or not numerous short-lived usurpers are counted in the total, approximately 82 men served as emperor of Rome. Tiberius, the second emperor, who lived from 42 BCE to 37 CE, was ...
This newspaper classic is reprinted from the Wall Street Journal, where Vermont Royster’s Christmas editorial has run every year since 1949. The editorial explains the living conditions in the Roman ...
Never the preferred heir, Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD / reigned 14 – 37 AD) soon showed why Augustus had wanted someone else. His political inability, poor judgment ...