"Dixi et nunc et saepe alias, p[atres]. c[onscripti]., bonum et salutarem principem, quem vos tanta et tam libera potestate instruxistis, senatui servire debere et universis civibus saepe et plerumque etiam singulis; neque id dixisse me paenitet, et bono et aequos et faventes vos habui dominos et adhuc habeo."
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To the Senate, from Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars, ch.29
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Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar (November 16, 42 BC β March 16, 37 AD) was a Roman emperor (14 AD β 37 AD) and general.
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