Tiberius Death Analysis

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In book five the death of Tiberius in 37 B.C had a very interesting segment in which there were two sections that intrigued me, but gave me complications. Tiberius is suppose to die and Marco who should feel sympathy for him is more concern with his death along with Caligula. Tiberius starts to feel better and this information about his recovering health makes it back to Caligula and Marco. Marco orders someone to kill Tiberius under a heap of clothes. I wonder why would Marco and Caligula want Tiberius dead. I wondered who killed Tiberius and why did no one do anything to investigate his death when he was supposedly healing. I wonder why did Caligula and Marco wanted him dead so bad when they did not necessarily receive anything, but maybe they wanted him dead because of his rulings and ways of command. …show more content…

This lead me to the assumption that Caligula and Marco were either working together or working for someone else who persuaded them to do so, and I came up with the assumption it was his brother Drucas. Drucas was in a relationship with Julia in which there were bad situations and circumstances and this could have been a perfect opportunity for him as he was loved by the people and lived in the house for twelve years. When realizing how Caligula and Marco wanted him dead, i wondered who else would want Tiberius dead. I wonder was the physician sent there to ease the tension of his pre-determine death and was appointed to Tiberius by Caligula. Caligula possibly could have made Tiberius sick in order to rid him of his throne. Caligula and Marco seem to have their hands in a part of his illness as they were happy of his upcoming death and when he begins to feel better they take matters into their own hands to kill Tiberius without anyone knowing they were involve eliminating the trails by hiring the physician who was not necessarily qualified to understand the health of

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