A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Agrippina. Afterthe death of the emperors mother, Livia,in 29, Tiberius yielded to the pres-sure of Sejanus, and, at his command,Agrippina was arrested and sent to theisland of Pandataria. Her son Nero wassent to the island of Pontia; and heryounger son, the violent Drusus, wasshut up in an underground room in one of the towers of the Palatinecitadel. Of the house of Germanicus there remained in the palaceonly the cruelly neglected and brutalized Caius (born in 12), whowas under the care of his g
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . Agrippina. Afterthe death of the emperors mother, Livia,in 29, Tiberius yielded to the pres-sure of Sejanus, and, at his command,Agrippina was arrested and sent to theisland of Pandataria. Her son Nero wassent to the island of Pontia; and heryounger son, the violent Drusus, wasshut up in an underground room in one of the towers of the Palatinecitadel. Of the house of Germanicus there remained in the palaceonly the cruelly neglected and brutalized Caius (born in 12), whowas under the care of his grandmother Antonia. Sejanus was now at the height of his power. In Rome he receivedalmost equal honors with the emperor, and was consul with him 31. Tiberius, however, seems to have become jealous of him, andduring the first half of the year issued commands favoring Caius, whichshowed Sejanus that his victory was by no means secure. With theconnivance of influential persons in the guard, in the senate, and atCapri, the bold schemer formed a conspiracy that was to continue him. Fig. 20. — Tiberius. Antique bustin the Vatican. (From a photo-graph.) THE FALL OF SEJANUS. 85 in power, in case of need, by force, or even by setting aside the em-peror. But one of his clients betrayed the secret to Antonia, the widowof the elder Drusus, who with all haste warned her crafty old diplomat thereupon spun an artful web around his oppo-nent, deceived him by tokens of favor that made him delay his plot,and at last secretly appointed Naevius Sertorius Macro, a trusty anddetermined officer of the guard, as his successor, thus assuring the fallof the favorite. On the night of October 17, 31, Macro reachedRome, and entered into communication with Memmius Regulus, one ofthe consuls and an opponent of Sejanus, and with Laco, the trusty chiefof the fire-department. In the morning Regulus summoned the senateto the temple of Apollo on the Palatine. Meantime Macro inform
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