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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ocatarinetabellatchitchix, post: 3823072, member: 99554&quot;]July was named by the Roman Senate in honour of Roman general Julius Caesar, it being the month of his birth.</p><p>In 8 BC, August was renamed in honor of Augustus. He choose this month because it was the time of several of his great triumphs, including the conquest of Egypt. When the senate offered the emperor <b>Tiberius </b>to name the month of <b>November</b> (he is born the 16th of this month) in his honor, he refused and replied:<i>What will you do if you have 13 Caesars ?</i> ( Dion Cassius LVII, 18 )</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Tiberius_bust.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The man that no one, not even himself, wanted as emperor</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>I feel pity for the poor guy. Why? Here is a brief recap of his life :</p><p>At a very young age, he had to run away with his family who took the side of Marc Anthony against Octavian. At the age of 9 , his father died and he had to pronounce the <i>laudatio funebris.</i></p><p>That’s not all; nobody wants him to be Emperor. Or let’s say that he wasn’t the first choice of Augustus... For a few years, Augustus hoped to have for heir his son-in-law Marcus Claudius Marcellus, the son of his sister Octavie.Later came the Drusus brothers, favorite of the great ruler. His 2 grandsons, Gaius Caesar and Lucius Caesar were supposed to succeed him.</p><p>He was also forced to divorce his beloved pregnant wife at Augustus’ orders...His new wife Julia (who had several lovers) was later sent in exile and finally met her death by starvation. Her mother tried for years to control his destiny. He also had to exile himself voluntarily on the island of Rhodes. When finally Augustus died, the Senate began to pray <b>Tiberius</b> to assume the role and title of his father, and thus govern the Roman empire. He first refused (was his modesty really sincere ?) and eventually agreed to wear the purple. Even in the first years of his reign, he was living in the shadow of the popularity of his adoptive son Germanicus..In the last 10 years of his reign, <b>Tiberius</b> grew more paranoid and imposed an ever increasing number of treason trials.&nbsp; He became more reclusive, remaining on Capri where in 37 CE he died at the age of 77. The historians Suetonius and Tacitus gave disgusting details about his numerous alleged debaucheries while he was in Capri. What a life my friends! Like him or not, wonderful coins were struck during the time of his life. So please <b>show us your Tiberius coins !</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Mine :</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017474[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1017475[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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