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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
“Tacitus records the events of this reign,

including the suspicious death of Germanicus,

the detestable administration of Sejanus, the

poisoning of Drusus, with all the

extraordinary mixture of tyranny with

occasional wisdom and good sense which

distinguished the conduct of Tiberius, until his

infamous and dissolute retirement, A. D. 26, to

the isle of Capreae, in the bay of Naples, never

to return to Rome. On the death of Livia, A. D.

29, the only restraint upon his actions and

those of the detestable Sejanus, was removed,

and the destruction of the widow and family

of Germanicus followed. At length the

infamous favorite extending his views to the

empire itself, Tiberius, informed of his

machinations, prepared to encounter him

with his favorite weapon, dissimulation.

Although fully resolved upon his destruction,