The Republic in danger : Drusus Libo and the Succession of Tiberius / Andrew Pettinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pettinger, Andrew.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.

Tiberius.

Scribonius Libo Drusus, Marcus, -16.

Scribonius Libo Drusus, Marcus.

Kings and rulers.

Rome--Politics and government--30 B.C.-68 A.D.

Rome.

Rome--Kings and rulers--Succession.

Rome--History--Tiberius, 14-37.

Rome (Empire).

Physical Description:

ix, 265 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Summary:

The-Republic in Danger offers a new interpretation of Roman political history for the years 6 BC to AD 16, focusing especially on the rise of Tiberius Caesar and his succession to Augustus, the founder of the Principate.

The volume proposes a new and compelling model for understanding the end of Augustus' reign and the succession of Tiberius. While Tiberius' rise to supreme power was at the expense of Augustus' grandsons, who were all dead by the time Augustus was laid to rest, their supporters remained unconvinced that life was possible under1 the rule of Tiberius. The result was an alliance between the enemies of Tiberius and M. Scribonius Drusus Libo. Drusus Libo, an aristocrat connected to the house of Caesar, committed suicide in AD 16 while on trial for treason. Pettinger argues that Drusus Libo's prosecution was due to his alliance with Tiberius' enemies who were planning to destroy his government and replace tyranny with republican democracy. Pettinger offers a comprehensive analysis of the struggle between Tiberius and the supporters of Augustus' grandsons, which has repercussions for our understanding of the creation of the Principate at Rome. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 An Urgent Summons and a Terrible Charge 5

The narrative 5

An emergency sitting of the senate 9

A terrible charge 17

2 The Treatment of an Enemy 29

Inability to obtain defence counsel 29

Drusus Libo in custodia 35

Damnatio memoriae and public offerings of thanks 37

3 The Adoption of Agrippa Postumus and the Friends of Gaius Caesar 47

The adoption of Agrippa 47

The wrong friends 53

4 Growing Pains 61

Agrippa and the toga virilis 61

Abdicatio and Agrippa 67

5 The Buck Stops Where? 75

The crisis 75

The sedition of Tiberius' rival L. Aemilius Paullus 93

6 Augustus' Final Arrangements 103

The relegatio of Agrippa 103

The Lex Valeria Cornelia 107

The elections of AD 7 114

7 The Exiles of the Younger Julia, D. Junius Silanus, and the poet Ovid 123

8 Novus Principatus: An Imperial Co-operative 135

9 The Hesitation of Tiberius 157

10 "Did You Hear About Agrippa?" 169

11 Germanicus: Successor to Tiberius or Augustus? 185

12 Alternative Government 195

An awkward alliance 195

A false dawn 207

Future directions 215.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-252) and indexes.

ISBN:

9780199601745

0199601747

OCLC:

769989492