It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.

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After the death of Tiberius’ son Drusus Julius Caesar in 23 he became more reclusive and aloof. Along with his adoption Tiberius received tribunician power as well as a share of Augustus's maius imperium something that even Marcus Agrippa may never have had. Even the imperial magistracy was hit as any and all who had associated with Sejanus or could in some way be tied to his schemes were summarily tried and executed their properties seized by the state (in a similar way in the few years after Valeria Messalina's death Agrippina the Younger removed anyone Tiberius considered loyal to Messalina's memory much in the same way that Sejanus's followers were executed).

Tiberius (pron. Caligula Tiberius' grand-nephew and adopted grandson succeeded the emperor upon his death. Tiberius was one of Rome's greatest generals conquering Pannonia Dalmatia Raetia and temporarily Germania; laying the foundations for the northern frontier.