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Tiberius was certainly not a perfect ruler, but he had his strong points. Rome prospered financially under his reign. Moreover, he had to take over after none other than Augustus, one of the most incredible and influential people in all of human history. Following in the footsteps of someone like that is very hard.

He was clearly a much more complicated man, than a lot of people would like to present him. His love for Vipsania and his help to citizens in need is rarely mentioned. Much would probably have been different, if he had stayed married to her, even if he had been forced to become emperor, which he clearly would have prefered not to.

One of the most able emperors in the early roman empire . He conquered a empire which was built by his father the greatest of all Emperor Augustus. He solidify that empire and make it even great. this is a great narration. thank you for your hard work . A fan from Sri Lanka.

Thank you The People Profiles for all of your hard work, it does not go unnoticed or under appreciated. I look forward to watching each upload, and learning new things about people from different times in history. You guys are awesome!!!

That’s such a rare and amazing footage of the ancient Roman Empire @0:44 and at 1:06. Quality is stunning given it was taken in the first century AD.

Thanks, I have wandered the ruins of Tiberius' palaces on Capri. This adds perspective. The Capri locals are certain Tiberius had quite a few 'opponents' tossed into the sea from the palace balcony. Reminds me of the defenestration practices of contemporary autocrats.

I'm always surprised at the detail we have of these events from so long ago.

He Left Rome in a very good financial state also in relative peace consolidating the empire. If he had arranged a competent successor his reputation historically would have been so much more favourable.

A truly first rate biography. Very well done.

"I'M SICK OF IT. THE GODS KNOW THAT I HAVE DONE MY BEST. BUT HE NEVER LOVED ME. NEVER!!!. FOR 30 YEARS I HAVE ONLY BEEN HIS ERRAND BOY. I FOUGHT ON HIS BLOODY FRONTIERS AND TAKEN HIS TAXES FOR HIM. BUT HE NEVER PUT HIS HAND ON MY ARM AND SAID "THANK YOU, WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE WITHOUT YOU?" WELL, DAMN HIM!!! I RETIRED ONCE AND I CAN DO IT AGAIN. MAY HIS PRECIOUS GRANDSON BE THE ONE WHO RULES THE EMPIRE. I'M SICK OF THIS!!!" *Furious comment from Tiberius at the imminent death of Augustus*

His weakness as a Princeps is displayed by how long it took him to see through the ambitious plots of Sejanus.

that Caligula guy seems to have had a traumatic childhood...

Why am I just now finding this channel? This is incredible!

Happy birthday, Tiberius! You don't look a day over 1,500!

Always had a personal liking for Tiberius.

You should make a documentary on Roman law especially their privat law it’s captivating how complex it is and how much of it is used today in some parts unchanged.

Brilliant presentation on this less famous Emperor of Rome. It's probably the most complete one too, thank you.

I read William Gibbons Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire and Suetonius and several other excellent histories and I have to say this was a really good video. You avoided much of the more salacious and hyperbolic stories surrounding Tiberius and gave a kinder but measured assessment of his reign. Had he not been forced to divorce Vipsania, had his son not died and had Sejanus not influenced him, he would have been considered one of the better emperors. But his paranoia ruined him and the lives of many around him.

Brilliant, thank you so much for your hard work and excellent presentation!

Livia after poisoning Augustus: "By the way., son. Don't touch the figs..." Tiberius: *Stops eating a fig* "Sorry, mother. What did you say?"

Always sympathized with Tiberius.

Thank you so very much. Impeccable video as usual.

Of course I watched I Claudius and I've also read the book . It's great following your videos . It helps me put together the history. Thank you .

My second year Latin class had us use Cassius Dio (iirc) explaining how Tiberius liked to swim with teenagers and have them nibble his bits to translate from Latin. The awkward giggling going on in that class was great.

Tbh I would argue he probably has the coolest name of any Roman emperor.

Now I see where they got the name Tiber from for Skyrim lol

So well told! Enjoyed very much.

Thank you for uploading

Another great biography of a Roman emperor. 👍👍

It's important to note that every Roman Emporer - any ruler of any nation actually - needs to be ruthless. Especially in those days; what is considered abhorrent and cruel to us today would probably be considered normal by us had we been living 2000 years ago.

By the time he became Emperor did Tiberius really want it, only perhaps self survival.

Balanced and fair documentary. Nicely done.

The most informative documentary i have seen on Tiberius.

The fact that Tiberius was responsible for ruining Caligula's life by killing his parents and brothers and turning him into the monster that made him infamous is perfectly encapsulated in this sentence: "I am creating a viper in the bosom of Rome."

Fascinating documentary. It is very hard, specially for a non historian, to assess such a complex figure. You have succedeed in shading it in accordance with the sources. And, as always, the visual framework has been beautiful while the narration stupendous. Thanks.

Sejanus himself deserves a video

42:03 references corn and uses the image of a plant unknown to Europeans until contact with the Americas. Corn in this context refers to grain, as in wheat, barley ect., as this was terminology used then and still used today in the German language.

I’m a Shia Muslim so I follow the wars of imam Ali and imam Hussain closely and the intricate details of their various battles etc… but those are around 640AD onwards …. To hear accounts of battles 20-30 AD is almost unbelievable… in a weird way… it’s so amazing to hear these stories…. First thought that comes to mind is what the hell these leaders would make of the new F35 fighter jet. Or the gigantic aircraft carriers.. I think they’d have a cardiac arrest or just a gigantic hard on 😂

👏👏👏 Once again, another wonderfully woven documentary. Masterfully narrated

Like most Roman emperors by his actions showed he had more power than he could mentally handle.

These docs are fantastic.

In Rome, it often seems to be the case of.......Damned if you do, Damned if you don't.

A very helpful documentary,very relevant to the regional pride in the area where we live!

Thank uou for these videos!!!!

I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!! Ive been BINGING!

My kids got me into these videos. Love them

I love Roman empire history, I am fascinated by lives of Roman emperors from first to last one.. When I visited Rome I was simply amazed by all

Anyone interested in old Rome should read (or better still watch) "I Claudius" absolutely fantastic.

Claudius was a very intelligent man. He was the last Emperor that was fluent in Etruscan.

Tiberius was a very good & selfless ruler who did not desire to be the Crowned ''Caesar'', but loved being 2nd to his spiritual father, Augustus, the spiritual son of Julius, the 1st Citizen of Roman Civilization that Romulus wanted for his people. He saved Augustus' life from an assassination attempt & rejected Lavinia's poisonous schemes to secure her success to crown him as Caesar. He left Rome wealthier than any before or after him!

It's kind of funny how americans complain about the use of the word "corn" to describe maize, when maize is the original american name (there are many variants of the word "maize" in Europe), while the corn is an old european word for grain. The editor screwed up by showing maize, though.

Excellent video, just excellent. x

Thank you for this video

I'm excited to fall asleep to this 500 times lol

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

Did anyone ask Tribute Aquila whether it was okay to make this awesome documentary?! 😱

This is an interesting documentary about Tiberius. I have read a book about the fall of the Roman Empire. I think I need to read it again. I would like to get one Claudius let alone watch the movie I Claudius. These are interesting documentaries. So interesting to know things about people like Tiberius. Thank you for this documentary.

That was a fun jaunt through the portal of hx....Roman Empire, & its intrigue...Cheers! I'm NY Toms very British future wife, Veteran, Middle East & Continent of Africa

I give Tiberius a 7/10.

Every name you mentioned has a face as far as I am concerned. When you spoke of Germanicus I saw David Robb in that role in the wonderful series of the BBC adapting the Graves books about the life of Cladius and how he becomes Ceasar. Tiberius is hard to understand and so he was in the series too. Loyal, remote, angry, capable, blind to real danger and vindictive as he grooms Caligula so that history will always have to admite he wasn't all that bad in comparison to the son of Germanicus.

He was the very last person Augustus wanted for an heir.

The English in this documentary is simply beautiful

Very good video, i think! And a speaker with a very pleasant voice.

But I have to admit Roman History is nothing short of spectacular 😂

great video!

This is my favorite compilation of Tiberius. I feel like he was very misunderstood, and history has painted a much different hyperbolic picture of him. Every Roman ruler needed to have some form of paranoia Someone or senators were always plotting in the background to assassinate them.

I think history repeatedly illustrates as to how such responsibilities can effect one’s character, depending upon very many related conditions and situations. With the possibility of rising Narcissism, that can alter and distract anyone to perverse activities. I think we see that in many Roman Emperors throughout their chequered reigns.

Seems like his reputation has been unfairly maligned.

I'm impressed by this video. It was excellent and I'm very glad you did justice to Tiberius. He was Rome's best military commander and a very well educated man. When he went to Capri, he took scholars with him, not prostitutes, which speaks a lot about the man and his preoccupations. It saddens me that to this day he has such a bad reputation. His austere and quiet nature didn't do him any favours. I think he should have delegated power in his later years to someone else than Sejanus, who was ruthlessly ambitious. Augustus had Tiberius who could he trust in his old age, Tiberius had nobody. His son was killed by Sejanus poisoned. When you're old and vulnerable you're far more likely to believe accusations, especially when they're made by someone who saved your life-Sejanus. What happened to Agrippina and her sons was very sad, poor Caligula was traumatised probably - if it did not made him a monster but it certainly contributed. What happened to Sejanus' family was extremely sad too.

How accurate R. This historian got this history right I'm hook on this emperors doc...I would love to have being born on those days

he was a great reluctant ruler. But like caligula suffered from lead poisoning from the wine mixture. I also think that in his elder years he suffered from dementia, witch is a side effect of alzeimers.

This is another very well done documentary that reinforces that people are rarely as black and white as history makes them out to be. That's what I like best about this channel; the writers do what they can to present as many different perspectives as possible. The question "do you think he was A or B" usually generates the answer "a mix of both."

I remember all names dropped in this video and their relevance to understanding Roman history

Thank you. Now I must revisit the series 'I Claudius'. It's worth it.

Yet again, I am left with a completely different impression of a historical character by one documentary, as compared to others that I have listened to concerning them. I find myself on the verge of feeling admiration and a touch of sympathy for Tiberius, rather than envisioning the operatic stereotype of a dark, devious and brooding antagonist with a befitting baritone.

Most informative Episode about 2nd Roman Emperor Tiberius allot thanks for sharing...I think his Ruling was Consisted Competent & Fair in his Early Years of Ruling .While His late Years of Ruling was Crucial & Tyrannical ...Gradually Crucial & Tyrannical Ruling increased Due years passing in Medium period of his Ruling

Thanks 🙏 ❤

Un scelerat, desfrâu și cruzime fără măsură acesta a fost Tiberius!

Good genetics, he lived to 81:and his mother to 88, 2000 years ago!! Good ages for back then.

Very good.

Uma aula de história romana ! 👏👏👏👏

How did they preserve that film footage for like 2000 years? So cool.

Thank you so much for this video. It was really an informative one. Of course, it is only my personal opinion, but I think, tyrants are not always born, often they are “made” by someone using them and driving them to paranoia. It’s only one important detail I want to point out: In this video turkey was mentioned, although it should be “modern day turkey”. We are speaking of the ancient history here, and, as far as I know, this country didn’t exist back then. To my knowledge, they came there 1453 conquered Constantinople (Byzantine Empire) on the 29th of May.

The interesting thing about him too is that he was the Caesar that was in power when Jesus (if you believe the Bible) was on Earth and it was under his rule that Jesus was crucified since Pontius Pilate was serving under him at the time and presided over said crucifixion. I can imagine that this also doesn’t help his reputation atleast with more religious sectors of society.

I can't wait for one on Caligula

As far as my poor brain counts, he died 79, not 77.

How do you make reconstructions of ancient sculptures look like photographs, what kind of commands do you place in midjourney?

A desendant of Tiberius is Captain James Tiberius Kirk.

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I love these shows, very informative. I like that they ask for your opinion in the comments. Mine is always: "wow... err, I don't know, what you just said!"👍

Funny how Augustus' blood relatives who were male dropped like flies as he entered the twilight of hid life. Perhaps as many suspect livia used some well timed poisonings? Tiberius' rise from ruin by these timely deaths is astonishing.

Awesome video hopefully we get a Domitian and Trajan

Augustus such an idiot for that one. He should have kept and breeded his sons early. He literally knew how fragile his line was.

Tiberius faced a daunting task following Augustus, yet Rome flourished financially under his rule. Despite imperfections, his legacy is marked by stability and prosperity, underscoring the importance of succession planning in shaping historical reputations.

It is interesting that as power would shift there would be a line up of evil doers followed by executions or banishments. Will we see this again before the fall?

First class sir .

I have always believed that Tiberius had a hand in so many generations of emperors , in one way or another .

Not having studied Tiberius‘s rule in depth, I would say he was caught between a rock and a hard place meaning who ruled: the emperor or of the senate and it was only until Caligula took power that he (Caligula)realized the emperor could do whatever the hell he wanted. (I.e. name a horse to the Senate, sending elimination to bring back seashells etc). so Tiberius was stuck in that middle ground where the emperor empire was still forming itself.

0:38 OMG REAL ROMAN FOOTAGE???!!!!