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inexperienced as yet in war or statecraft, and would be of no service to him it all should serious disturbances break out in the City, in the provinces, or on the frontier. He realized, perhaps for he first time, that Tiberius was now his only stand-by in such emergency. But he was irritated at having the realization forced on him. He refused Tiberius's request and said that he would listen to no arguments. Since there vas no help for it, therefore, Tiberius went to Julia and old her with studied brutality that their marriage had become such a farce that he could not bear to remain in the same house with her a day longer. He suggested that she should go to Augustus and complain that she had been ill treated by her ruffianly husband and would not be happy until she had a divorce. Augustus, he said, was for family reasons unlikely, worse luck, to consent to the divorce, but would probably banish him from Rome. He was ready even to go into exile rather than continue to live with her.
Julia decided to forget that she had ever loved Tiberius. She
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