| Tiberius distinguished his reign by great indolence, excessive cruelty, unprincipled avarice, and abandoned licentiousness. |
| The following dupondius of Tiberius from the official mint of Rome has a more direct connection with Livia and bears a portrait that clearly resembles statues of the empress. |
| Tiberius next filled up the vacant tribuneship by getting one of his own dependents put into the office. |
| Tiberius was deceitfully told that the prince Drusus had died from sickness only. |
| Others, like Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus in the 2nd century bc, continued to champion them, even in the area of land reform and debtor relief. |
| Moreover, he was deified after his death, a mark of recognition denied to his predecessors Tiberius and Caligula. |
