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Excerpt from The History of the Roman Emperors, Vol. 2: From Augustus to Constantine Short and happy expedition again/t the Germans, 60. Tiberius's joy, tempered with dzfguiet, 62. Sect. II. Death of j'ulia, Auguus's daughter, 6 5, Sempronius Gracchusain by Tiberius's order, ibid. T i. Herias, naturally inclined to cruelty, conceals it under an appearance of great lenity and moderation, 66. He' manife/ts great zeal for j ufiice, 69. He does not op 1 pre/s the nations ibid. He afitts popularity, 70. It was his dread of Germanicus that made him thus counterfeit, ibid. He permits pro/ecutions for pre tended treafons, 7 I A'air of Falanius and Rubri us, 72. That of Granias Marcellus, 73. Tiberius's well-judged liberality, 7 5 He fometimes couples it with feverity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.