Slander causes liars to be looked on with respect, innocent men to be regarded as criminals, and judges to violate their oaths. Isocrates. Antidosis. Speech 15. Section 18.
Note: In my opinion, Tiberius is an emperor whose legacy has suffered from slander. I discussed this in an article I wrote back in 2012 entitled Sexual innuendo and character assassination in the ancient world:
https://ancientimes.blogspot.com/2012/02/sexual-innuendo-and-character.html
Image: Tiberius recovered from Paestum at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid courtesy of Wikimedia Commons contributor Miguel Hermoso Cuesta.
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