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Jiang corrects the class by saying Jesus was killed under Tiberius, not Augustus.
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Tiberius
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "No, it was not Augustus, it was Tiberius. Oh, was it not Tiberius?"
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Jiang identifies Tiberius as the third Caesar after Julius and Augustus and says this is the reign during which Jesus is acting as a prophet.
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Germanicus is Jiang's example of the ideal successor: Caesar-like, brilliant, and beloved by soldiers, but too young, requiring Tiberius as a transitional emperor.
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Tiberius destroys Augustus's succession design by killing Germanicus and his family, then adopting Caligula, causing the system to break down quickly.
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Jiang argues that Tiberius can be said to mark the death of the Roman Empire: it continues for centuries, but only through size and inertia amid internal revolt and tension.
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"No, it was not Augustus, it was Tiberius. Oh, was it not Tiberius?"
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"with him who bore it next brutus and cassius howl in hell and grief seized modena perugia you because of it sad cleopatra weeps..."
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"the third caesar is tiberius caesar right the first is julius caesar augustus caesar and the third is tiberius caesar tiberius caesar is important..."
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"...so he needed a transition. And so he appointed his stepson, Tiberius, who was pretty old at this point, okay, to be the transition...."
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"...right? And so this is a good system. The problem was Tiberius, okay? Tiberius didn't like the idea that he could not appoint his..."
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"And by the time you got to Tiberius, this system collapsed, and you could make the argument that Tiberius marked the death of the..."
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"...the, for Christianity to arise. Okay. So Jesus was killed during Tiberius. Jesus was killed during Tiberius and, um, Jesus was born during Augustus...."
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"...to the rise of Arthasius Caesar. And after Arthasius Caesar dies, Tiberius Caesar will come into power. And as during the time of Tiberius..."
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"...Civil War. So this is about a year 100 BCE. And Tiberius Gracchus, who is one of the Gracchi brothers that Alex referenced, he..."
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"...of people who were destitute and who were landless. So all Tiberius Gracchus said was this. We're not going to redistribute property. We're not..."
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"...agree with that. Yeah, correct. You know, like going back to Tiberius Gracchus, you know, right. If you wanted to"
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