I Loved Tiberius

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Jeg Elsket Tiberius a 1959 romance novel by Elisabeth Dored. It was first translated into English by Naomi Walford in Great Britain by Methuen and United States by Pantheon Books in 1963 under the name I Loved Tiberius. The novel was written as a careful reappraisal of the contemporary sources, placing Julia and Tiberius in a more positive light.

The novel is set in 1st century BC Rome, centred on Julia the Elder, the daughter of Augustus and her life right up until her death. The plot is mainly focused on a romantic love between Julia and her stepbrother, Tiberius. As children they were always close but the cruelty of Livia brings Tiberius to looking for love else where, only truly finding it in Julia.

A majority of the story is based on a series of love-triangles mainly between Julia, Tiberius and Agrippa, Julia's second husband, there are various other triangles including Julia, Tiberius and Iullus.