ABSTRACT
The material contained within this chapter has had important new light shed on to it by the discovery since 1982 in the Roman province of Baetica (in southern Spain) of two bronze documents of major significance: the Tabula Siarensis, contains the texts of senatorial decrees of December ad 19 honouring Tiberius’ adoptive son and heir, Germanicus Caesar, who had died some two months previously (on 10 October); the second document provides a text of a senatorial decree (dated 10 December, ad 20) recording decisions reached as a result of the trial of Cnaeus Piso on charges which included that of murdering Germanicus.
