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