Lindsay Powell

And to find one of his own handpicked men to portray him like that, he has to deal with it. And a bit of garland cunning. And I mentioned earlier where they set up this thing. So rather than sending a guard detailer to arrest him there and then, there's an element of humiliation and public spectacle that he makes out of this. He calls the head macro of the urban cohorts, who is another equestrian.

So you can imagine there's this interesting play because you've got these slightly competitive units. The praetorian cohorts are paid a lot more money than all the other units. So you've actually got men in the camp who are paid half of what their praetorians are, and their prestige is less.

So you can imagine there's this interesting play because you've got these slightly competitive units. The praetorian cohorts are paid a lot more money than all the other units. So you've actually got men in the camp who are paid half of what their praetorians are, and their prestige is less.

So you can imagine there's this interesting play because you've got these slightly competitive units. The praetorian cohorts are paid a lot more money than all the other units. So you've actually got men in the camp who are paid half of what their praetorians are, and their prestige is less.

And I know we're going off a little bit of a tangent here, but what's very interesting is, we haven't discussed it yet, there's a promotion structure. To be one of these praefecti praetorio, and there were two under Augustus I with Ser Janus' changes, you had to be an equestrian.

And I know we're going off a little bit of a tangent here, but what's very interesting is, we haven't discussed it yet, there's a promotion structure. To be one of these praefecti praetorio, and there were two under Augustus I with Ser Janus' changes, you had to be an equestrian.

And I know we're going off a little bit of a tangent here, but what's very interesting is, we haven't discussed it yet, there's a promotion structure. To be one of these praefecti praetorio, and there were two under Augustus I with Ser Janus' changes, you had to be an equestrian.

And one way to do that was if you were a centurion in the legions and you rose up to be the primi pilus, the number one centurion, that made you an equestrian and you had enough wealth as well. And you could be eligible to become a tribune, for example, of either the vigiles and then you'd move from there to the urban and then you could actually become a tribune. with the Praetorian cohort.

And one way to do that was if you were a centurion in the legions and you rose up to be the primi pilus, the number one centurion, that made you an equestrian and you had enough wealth as well. And you could be eligible to become a tribune, for example, of either the vigiles and then you'd move from there to the urban and then you could actually become a tribune. with the Praetorian cohort.

And one way to do that was if you were a centurion in the legions and you rose up to be the primi pilus, the number one centurion, that made you an equestrian and you had enough wealth as well. And you could be eligible to become a tribune, for example, of either the vigiles and then you'd move from there to the urban and then you could actually become a tribune. with the Praetorian cohort.

So there's this pecking order as you rose up. And what you've got in terms of macro is you've got a man who hasn't got quite the same prestige as Sejanus, but the relishing of the fact I'm going to bring him down. And again, to go back to why Clodius is brilliantly played in that particular scene. And they read out this long, you know, long have I trusted this man and so on and so on.

So there's this pecking order as you rose up. And what you've got in terms of macro is you've got a man who hasn't got quite the same prestige as Sejanus, but the relishing of the fact I'm going to bring him down. And again, to go back to why Clodius is brilliantly played in that particular scene. And they read out this long, you know, long have I trusted this man and so on and so on.

So there's this pecking order as you rose up. And what you've got in terms of macro is you've got a man who hasn't got quite the same prestige as Sejanus, but the relishing of the fact I'm going to bring him down. And again, to go back to why Clodius is brilliantly played in that particular scene. And they read out this long, you know, long have I trusted this man and so on and so on.

He's been my loyal right-hand man. I'm a partner in government and so on and so on. But And then they start reading out these charges and he is arrested and some are only executed. And it's, for Tiberius, a profound moment, I think, of upset because as an individual, I find him endlessly fascinating. I think history has done him very, very badly. As a young man, he is a loyal commander.

He's been my loyal right-hand man. I'm a partner in government and so on and so on. But And then they start reading out these charges and he is arrested and some are only executed. And it's, for Tiberius, a profound moment, I think, of upset because as an individual, I find him endlessly fascinating. I think history has done him very, very badly. As a young man, he is a loyal commander.

He's been my loyal right-hand man. I'm a partner in government and so on and so on. But And then they start reading out these charges and he is arrested and some are only executed. And it's, for Tiberius, a profound moment, I think, of upset because as an individual, I find him endlessly fascinating. I think history has done him very, very badly. As a young man, he is a loyal commander.

He's a field commander going thither and yon. He actually arranges for the standards to become available and the prisoner exchanges and he brings the standards back from Parthia. So that's a big plus. He does service in Spain as a tribune. He fights through Illyrica many times. He goes to Germany.

He's a field commander going thither and yon. He actually arranges for the standards to become available and the prisoner exchanges and he brings the standards back from Parthia. So that's a big plus. He does service in Spain as a tribune. He fights through Illyrica many times. He goes to Germany.

He's a field commander going thither and yon. He actually arranges for the standards to become available and the prisoner exchanges and he brings the standards back from Parthia. So that's a big plus. He does service in Spain as a tribune. He fights through Illyrica many times. He goes to Germany.

He loses his brother, his young brother, Nero Claudius Drusus, which I think for him is personally devastating. He's confident, if you like. And worse, the lady that he loves, Vipsania Agrippina, who is a daughter of Marcus Agrippa, he's told to divorce her to marry Julia, who is now the widow of Marcus Agrippa. So these seminal events in his early years, I think, really tear him up.