Le célèbre historien antique Edward Togo Salmon note dans son ouvrage, A history of the Roman world from 30 B.C. to A.D. 138 :
L'éminent historien antique Edward Togo Salmon note dans son ouvrage, A history of the Roman world from 30 B.C. to A.D. 138 : '' In the whole twenty two years of Tiberius 'reign, not more than fifty-two persons were accused of treason, of whom almost half escaped conviction, while the four innocent people to be condemned fell victims to the excessive zeal of the Senate, not to the Emperor' s tyranny '".