Robin Seager has updated his classic biography of Tiberius, which focuses on the Emperor's complex character as the key to understanding his reign.

• The most readable account available of the life of Tiberius, the second Roman emperor.
  
• Argues that Tiberius' character provides the key to understanding his reign.
  
• Portrays Tiberius as a man whose virtues and beliefs were corrupted by power.
  
• Shows how Tiberius' fears of conspiracy and assassination caused him to lose his grasp of reality.
  
• A new afterword...