Tiberius chooses to die: Rome

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  • Tiberius chooses to die
    • Begins with some high status family background
      • Tiberius once caught two snakes in his bed. Soothsayers declared this as an omen and said he must kill one snake
        • If Tiberius kills the male snake, he dies. If he kills the female snake, his wife Cornelia dies.
          • He sacrificed himself because he loved Cornelia so much and she was much younger and had lots of potential.
            • After his death Ptolemy proposed to her, offering to share his kingdom, but she refused and remained a widow
              • Her only daughter married Scipio the younger and her two sons were very succesful
    • Themes: expectations of a matrona
      • Matronas were expected to raise the children and put the family first
    • Authorship:Plutarch was a teacher and priest and therefore knew a lot of things

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