Tiberius followed Augustus and preceded Gaius "Caligula." Ti is my all-time favorite Caesar - I voluntarily studied him, wrote a paper on him and finished a novel set during his reign. sigh
Where to start - Tiberius was a Scorpio - making him sexy and demanding. That's okay. His father backed the wrong horse - he supported Marc Antony rather than Augustus - bad career move. So, Ti's mom, Livia went after Augustus and used her evil wiles and so divorced her husband and married Augustus. Ti had a younger brother, Drusus, who seemed to be an all-around nice guy. Ti loved his first wife fiercely and detested his second wife just as fiercely.
Even though the movie Caligula is horrendous, painful and wrong - I "like" it because my favorite actor, Peter O'Toole, played Tiberius. Granted, Peter was supposedly wasted during the making of the movie and it's because of that movie, Peter straightened his life out. Ah, Peter . . . still sexy after all these years. So, do not see Caligula, but imagine a vibrant, powerful, beautiful Peter O'Toole in a tunic and toga. Granted you won't see him in that movie, but still, he is what I envision (the sober, noble Peter) as Ti. George Baker played Ti in I, Claudius - the series was powerful and excellent; George prolly played Ti more accurately, but dammit, he wasn't sexy like . . . Peter.
If you ever get the chance - see Peter in Masada - he's sexy, broody, fantastic!
So, back to Tiberius - whatever negative you've read - disbelieve it all! ^__^ He was a Man Misunderstood.
ha-ha - side note - I misspelled "toga" as "touga" - luckily my friend caught it. But, the funny part of it is - I love the anime Shoujo Kakumei Utena and there are three male characters I lust for (just ignore, for a moment, please, that they're animated) and my favorite is named Touga! So, even when I'm not writing about the anime, I still have Touga on my mind. Okay, so it's a loser-y thing, but it's still funny. To me. At least.
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