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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by
flatteries.
Tiberius Caesar next appeared after Augustus
Caesar on the Roman throne. He was raised to
the consulate in his twenty-eighth year. It is
recorded that as Augustus was about to
nominate his successor, his wife, Livia,
besought him to nominate Tiberius (her son
by a former husband); but the emperor said,
“Your son is too vile to wear the purple of
Rome and the nomination was given to
Agrippa, a very virtuous and much-respected
Roman citizen. But the prophecy had foreseen
that a vile person should succeed Augustus.
Agrippa died; and Augustus was again under
the necessity of choosing a successor. Livia
renewed her intercessions for Tiberius; and
Augustus, weakened by age and sickness, was
