One of these was led by his great-uncle, Julius Caesar. Then Augustus got a lucky ... power passed to his stepson, Tiberius. Augustus had ended 100 years of civil war and achieved over 40 years ...

A s was the Roman custom, Augustus adopted his stepson Tiberius as his heir, and Tiberius became Rome’s second emperor in 14 CE. Ancient authors did not remember Tiberius kindly, inevitably ...