Under the emperor Tiberius, the ambitious favourite Sejanus poisons the heir Drusus, spies on Agrippina and her sons and reaches for supreme power. The suspicious emperor sets the cunning Macro to watch him in turn, and Jonson, closely following Tacitus, shows a Rome of informers where honest men can only look on.
Jonson’s learned political tragedy, first acted in 1603 by Shakespeare’s company. Download the free EPUB.