Events around his death Flashcards
tried to disguise being ill
Fell ill, tried to disguise it by attending garrison games at Circeii, threw Javelinas from his president’s box
Kept a banquet going on all night to hide his illness.
Place of death
a country house on the way back to Capraea
(Read in the Proceedings of the Senate that some people he had sent to trial for being “named by an informer” had been discharged without a hearing. He shouted “this is contempt” went back to Capreae where he felt safe issuing a stern order. Died in a country house on the way.)
age of death
77
date of death
(16th MArch) AD 37
length of reign
23 years
what do some believe about reason for his death x4
Some believe he was given a slow, wasting poison by Gaius.
Others that convalescent after fever he demanded food but was refused
One account stated his seal ring was taken from him when he was about to die, when he revived and asked for it back he was smothered by a pillow.
Seneca: removed the ring himself as if for a present but clung to it, put it back on his finger, got out of bed collapsed, died
Prophecies about his death
Last birthday statue of Apollo Temenites that he had brought from Syracuse to erect in the temple of Augustus’ temple, came in to announce “Tiberius will never dedicate me!”
A few days before his death, the lighthouse at Capreae was wrecked by an earthquake.
At Misenum the dead embers put into a brazier to warm his dining room suddenly blazed up again and continued to blaze until late that night.
effect on Rome
His death caused such joy at rome.
what did the people want to do to Tiberius
Yelling of “To the Tiber with Tiberius” threats to drag him off with a hook and throw him down the Gemonian stairs.
when had he written his will
2 years before
named his heirs
Gaius (son of Germanicus) and Tiberius (son of Drusus) were named co-heirs, and if either died the other was to be sole heir
After death gifts
Left legacies to Vestle Virgins, bounty for every serving soldier in the army and every member of the Roman people, separate bequests to the city wardmasters
