The Successor

Politics, prestige, power--monster, angel, emperor. Tiberius' unique position as the unrivaled leader of the ancient Roman Empire has not prevented him from being pushed to the sidelines of historical interest. In The Successor , Willemijn van Dijk seeks to remedy this relegation in her compelling portrait of a complicated ancient ruler. Tiberius inherited power from the legendary Augustus as the Roman Empire's first successor. His influence stretched from northern Africa to the southern Netherl