Quote Pictures Emperor Tiberius (recorded by Tacitus) By thehistorianshut - December 9, 2018 Facebook Twitter ReddIt Pinterest Tumblr Email Emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37) “Rulers die; the country lives for ever.” A quote attributed to Tiberius in The Annals of Imperial Rome (Book III, Chapter 6), by Tacitus, translated by Michael Grant (Penguin Classics, 1996). Like this:Like Loading...