BearFed"Just take the damn job"
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Explanation: When Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, was looking for successors, he suffered a plague of bad luck. Heir after heir died before Augustus did - from his best friend and most successful general, Agrippa, to his gifted and brilliant grandchildren. Eventually, the only suitable heir who was left was Augustus's stepson, Tiberius. The thing is, while Tiberius was an intelligent and accomplished man, he was also a notoriously gloomy man who didn't even want to be Emperor. As such, Augustus was truly desperate to go to Tiberius in search of an heir!
There was probably some well earned resentment towards Augustus on Tiberius part.
Augustus formally adopted Tiberius and then forced him to divorce his first wife, whom Tiberius adored, and marry Julia [the Elder], Augustus' daughter and Tiberius' step sister. Tiberius was not at all enthusiastic about this arrangement.
Julia liked to sleep around, something her daddy probably knew about and may have encouraged if he thought it furthered his objectives. Eventually she was caught and it became a major public scandal.
Augustus had her exiled, although with a reasonable degree of comfort.
After Augustus' death, Tiberius revoked Julia's allowance and property rights effectively leaving her to starve to death.