" Now, whether it were that the prayers of the
colonies, or the difficulty of the work, or the influence of superstition
prevailed, it is certain the opinion of Piso was followed; namely, that
nothing should be altered,
To Poppeus Sabinus was continued his province of Mesia; and to it was
added that of Achaia and Macedon. This too was part of the politics of
Tiberius, to prolong governments, and maintain the same men in the same
armies, or civil employments, for the most part, to the end of their
lives; with what view, is not agreed. Some think "that from an impatience
of returning cares, he was for making whatever he once liked perpetual."
Others, "that from the malignity of his invidious nature, he regretted the
preferring of many." There are some who believe, "that as he had a crafty
penetrating spirit, so he had an understanding ever irresolute and
perplexed." So much is certain, that he never courted any eminent virtue,
yet hated vice; from the best men he dreaded danger to himself, and
disgrace to the public from the worst. This hesitation mastered him so
much at last that he committed foreign governments to some, whom he meant
never to suffer to leave Rome.
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