The Caesars

Claudius

Intelligent but survives by feigning idiocy.

Tiberius

A sardonic, taciturn enigma who warns against the hazards of absolute rule.

Caligula

A despotic tyrant who claims to have invented uncertainty.

Lucius Aelius Sejanus

An ambitious usurper.

Livia Drusilla

A manipulative power-broker focused entirely on Tiberius's succession.