If So-and-so challenges me, I shall lay before you a carefu… - Tiberius

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If So-and-so challenges me, I shall lay before you a careful account of what I have said and done; if that does not satisfy him, I shall reciprocate his dislike of me.

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Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar (November 16, 42 BC – March 16, 37 AD) was a Roman emperor (14 AD – 37 AD) and general.

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Native Name: Tiberius Claudius Nero • Tiberius Iulius Caesar

Alternative Names: Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus • Tiberius Julius Caesar • Imperator Caesar Divi filius Augustus • Emperor of Rome Tiberius • Emperor of Rome Tiberius Claudius Nero • Tiberius Caesar Augustus • Emperor Tiberius • Tiberius Caesar • Caesar Tiberius • Marcus Gallius Claudianus • Tibeius Gallius Claudianus

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Quid scribam vobis, p[atres]. c[onscripti]., aut quo modo scribam, aut quid omnino non scribam hoc tempore, dii me deaeque peius perdant quam cotidie perire sentio, si scio.

In a free state there should be freedom of speech and thought.

To the governors who recommended burdensome taxes for his provinces, he [Tiberius] wrote in answer that it was the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not skin it.

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