Sejanus His Fall (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Benjamin Jonson
- First Published: 1605
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Tragedy
- Time of Work: First century
- Setting: Rome
- Genres: Drama, Tragedy
- Subjects: Politics, Kings, queens, or royalty, Politicians, Italy or Italians, Greek or Roman times, Rome, Nobility, First century, Royal courts or courtiers
- Locales: Roman Empire, Rome, ancient
Characters Discussed
Lucius Aelius Sejanus (LEW- shee-uhs EE-lee-uhs seh-JAY-nuhs), the corrupt favorite of Emperor Tiberius. Willing to use bribery, seduction, unnatural vice, and murder to gain power, he overreaches himself by underestimating the sinister emperor and receives his death at the hands of an enraged mob manipulated by the emperor’s damnable tool, Macro.
Tiberius (ti-BIH-ree-uhs), the devious and ruthless emperor of Rome. Given to self-indulgence and many vices, he allows Sejanus to assume his duties and much of his power. His suspicion aroused by...
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