Meanwhile, by carelessly abandoning Rome, Tiberius had unknowingly put himself in a dangerous position. He had effectively made Sejanus master of the empire in his absence.

同时，由于粗心地放弃了罗马， 提比略在不知不觉中将自己置于危险境地。在他不在的时候， 他有效地让塞扬努斯成为了帝国的主人。

After Germanicus' death, Tiberius' reign took another ugly turn. Exhausted with public life, he made the catastrophic error of entrusting most of his affairs to a man named Sejanus.

日耳曼尼库斯死后， 提比略的统治又发生了丑陋的转折。 厌倦了公共生活，他犯了一个灾难性的错误， 将大部分事务委托给了一个名叫塞扬努斯的人。

Sejanus was a cruel and clever man, ruthless in the pursuit of power. He handed out provincial military commands to his friends and disposed of most candidates for the imperial throne.

Sejanus 是一个残忍而聪明的人， 在追求权力时冷酷无情。他将各省的军事命令交给他的朋友， 并处理掉了大多数皇位候选人。