Let him be a god, so long as he is not alive.

Sit divus, dum non sit vivus.

Tiberius

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Tiberius

Second Roman emperor (42 BC-AD 37, r. 14-37). Stepson of Augustus who consolidated the Principate through fiscal restraint and frontier defence; his retreat to Capri and treason trials made him a byword for tyranny.

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Source: タキトゥス『年代記』第1巻(神格化の節度に関する逸話)Unverified

Tiberius's Other Quotes

Let them hate me, so long as they approve of my conduct.

It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to flay it.

What men, ready to be slaves!

Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's.

Related Quotes

It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to flay it.

-- Tiberius

Jupiter best and greatest, preserver of the empire.

-- Diocletian

His life outlasted his power.

-- Pompey

The deified Antoninus Pius.

-- Antoninus Pius