Sejanus, no longer thinking of his marriage but filled with a deeper
alarm, rejoined by deprecating the whispers of
suspicion, popular rumour
and the gathering storm of odium. That he might not
impair his influence
by closing his doors on the throngs of his many
visitors or strengthen
the hands of accusers by admitting them, he made it
his aim to induce Tiberius
to live in some charming spot at a distance from Rome.
In this he foresaw
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