# Tiberius — The Crowd character guide

> Tiberius in The Crowd by Gustave Le Bon.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0002-the-crowd

## Who they are

Roman emperor used as an example of despotic crowd manipulation.

## In the story

### [Fixed Beliefs](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crowd_se/chapters/1-fixed-beliefs)

Cited as a redoubtable tyrant, but contrasted with the deeper despotism of founders of beliefs like Moses, Buddha, Jesus, and Muhammad.

### [The Changeable Opinions of Crowds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_crowd_se/chapters/2-the-changeable-opinions-of-crowds)

Used as an example of a capricious master, alongside Heliogabalus.

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