But if Tiberius lent the island a dreadful notoriety ... Kopisch described his explorations in The Discovery of the Blue Grotto on the Isle of Capri, which tapped into the Romantic era’s ...

A few years later, in 27 CE, Tiberius retired again, this time to Capri, fulfilling his imperial duties from a distance while ...

though Tiberius himself was increasingly plagued by paranoia and fear. While the last of Augustus’ bloodline were wiped out one by one, he retired to Capri, much to the horror of the Roman people.