... senate, the populace and the soldier should join together in shouting their approval of her demands on every occasion. She was amassing untold wealth from him, overlooking no possible source". (Cassius Dio, Roman history 61.31.1-3) Now that Agrippina was at the top of things in Rome, "she was striking venomously around her" and her enemies conveniently disappeared for the next ... ...
... adopted son of Julius Caesar, Octavian, who had in the same year of Tiberius" birth, along with Marc Antony, avenged the assassination of his adoptive father by defeating Brutus and Cassius, made an important political and personal move. His decision was to divorce his wife Scribonia and facilitate a divorce between Tiberius" parents, Tiberius Nero and the pregnant Livia. Octavian ignored all ... ...
... Augustus, and from this time there was, strictly speaking, a monarch; for monarchy would be the truest name for it, even if two or three men later held the power jointly. Cassius also tells us that Caesar himself was destined to have absolute power in all matters for life, because he was not only in control of money matters but also in ... ...
