Although Augustus's succession plans were all but ruined due to the deaths of more than several family members, including many of his own descendants, in the end Tiberius remained faithful to his predecessor's wishes that the next emperor would hail from the Julian side of the Imperial Family.

Although Tiberius and Claudius had male direct descendants ( Tiberius Gemellus and Britannicus, respectively ) available for the succession, their great-nephews ( Caligula and Nero, respectively ) were preferred.

Although her marriage with Augustus produced only one pregnancy, which miscarried, through her sons by her first husband, Tiberius and Drusus, she is a direct ancestor of all of the Julio-Claudian emperors as well as most of the extended Julio-Claudian imperial family.

Although Rome at first rejoiced at the demise of Sejanus, the city quickly plunged into more extensive trials, as Tiberius relentlessly persecuted all those who could in any way be tied to the schemes of Sejanus or had courted his friendship.

Although the Praetorian Guard proved faithful to the aging Tiberius, their potential political power had been made clear.

Although Augustus could claim that his power was authentically Republican, his successor, Tiberius, could not convincingly make the same claim.

Although a new Persian invasion was halted with a significant defeat at Constantina in June 582, by this stage Tiberius was dying, apparently having eaten some poorly prepared, or possibly deliberately poisoned, food.

Although these episodes may seem a flattery towards the emperor Tiberius, Lepidus activities in the senate show an independent mind.

Although Thrasyllus of Mendes was an Alexandrian grammarian and editor of Plato and Democritus, Tiberius Claudius Thrasyllus is most well known as the astrologer of the Roman Emperor Tiberius.

Although it was dark as usual I could see that the hall had only recently contained a great many people.

Although New Orleans was not to learn of it for a spell, she also was a sadist, a nymphomaniac and unobtrusively mad -- the perpetrator of some of the worst crimes against humanity ever committed on American soil.

Although Faulkner was the heir in his own family to this tradition, he did not have Stark Young's inclination to romanticize and sentimentalize the planter society.

Although his tender nights were not the ones I dreamed of, nor was it for yachts, sports cars, tall drinks, and swimming pools, nor yet for money or what money buys that I burned, I too was burning and watching myself burn.

Although after much trouble he did manage to get it back, he discovered there was no trade to be had.

Although he did not attend any celebrated schools or universities, he was a master of Greek and Hebrew and could read the Bible in the original.

Although the fort was evacuated in the face of the force of Cornwallis, Morgan and his men did have a chance to take another swing at the redcoats.

Although because of the important achievements of nineteenth century scholars in the field of textual criticism the advance is not so striking as it was in the case of archaeology and place-names, the editorial principles laid down by Stevenson in his great edition of Asser and in his Crawford Charters were a distinct improvement upon those of his predecessors and remain unimproved upon today.

Although Mr. Brown was not himself its inventor ( it was a French idea ), it is typical that his intuition first conceived the importance of mass producing this basic tool for general use.

Although it was a mere fragment of the victim's remains, it was enough.

Although there were only four fluids tested, it was apparent that there were two distinct types.

Although the tape was run for over 1 hr., a steady state was not reached, and it was concluded that the reason for this was that the back pressure of the manometer was built up from the material fed from between the blocks and this was available at a very slow rate.

-- Although there was some variation in results which must be attributed either to trace impurities or to variation in wall effects, the photochemical exchange in the gas phase was sufficiently reproducible so that it seemed meaningful to compare the reaction rates in different series of reaction tubes for the purpose of obtaining information on the effect of chlorine concentration and of carbon tetrachloride concentration on the reaction rate.

Although the Taylor Scale was designed as a group testing device, in this study it was individually administered by psychologically trained workers who established rapport and assisted the children in reading the items.

Although the Tigers have been the predominant MLB parent of the IL Mud Hens ( 1967 – 73 and since 1987 ), the team has also been affiliated with the Philadelphia Phillies ( 1974 – 75 ), Cleveland Indians ( 1976 – 77 ), Minnesota Twins ( 1978 – 86 ) and the Yankees ( 1965 – 66 ).

Although there was some initial skepticism in league circles regarding the potential success and talent levels of the incoming ABA teams, the Spurs would prove worthy of NBA inclusion during the 1976 – 77 season with a record of 44 – 38, good for a tie for fourth place overall in the Eastern Conference.

Although the actual town involved in the real story of the " Chicken Ranch " is located a few miles north of Hallettsville on Highway 77, film makers chose the town's historic Lavaca County Courthouse square to serve as backdrop for the city scenes in " The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ," the 1982 musical starring Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.

Although he lost to Labour's Ossie O ' Brien by some 2, 412 votes, just 77 days later he defeated O ' Brien by 3, 438 votes in the June 1983 election.

Although the Leamington Bypass was constructed by the Ministry of Transportation, the 1. 1 km segment east of Highway 77 to County Road 34 was never a part of the provincial network, or a part of Highway 3.

Although not as well received as Doom 3, Resurrection of Evil garnered mostly favorable reviews ; the Windows version holds a score of 78 % on the review aggregator site Metacritic, while the Xbox version is rated at 77 %.

Although only 2 % of NWC and 8 % of public university students self-reported social loafing, 8 % of NWC and 77 % of public university students indicated the perception of others engaging in social loafing.

Although Dead End only had a budget of $ 900, 000 it made a total of $ 77 million dollars from DVD sales.

Although there is a separate PFA Young Player of the Year award for players under the age of 23, young players remain eligible to win the senior award, and on two occasions the same player has won both awards for a season, Andy Gray in 1976 – 77 and Ronaldo in 2006 – 07.

Although 1976 – 77 was a barren season for Rangers, they came back with a bang in 1977 – 78 by winning their second Treble inside three years.

Although the Mets struggled as a team, Castillo enjoyed a bounce-back year in ' 09, hitting. 302 with 77 runs scored and a. 387 on-base percentage.

Although Australia recovered, he had figures of five for 77.

Although the 77, 777 copies of Advent Pieces: Limited that were released in Japan sold out months in advance of the official release date, Last Order received a negative fan response due to changes in content and presentation from the original Final Fantasy VII game, and because of this, the crew working on Crisis Core avoided recreating certain scenes from Last Order.

Although the 4. 77MHz INTEL's clock cycles are shorter, the LDA # needs 25 of them, so it takes 25 /( 4. 77 x 10 < sup > 6 </ sup >)

Although the defenders were poorly trained, outnumbered and under-resourced, the resistance was such that, according to captured documents, the Japanese believed they had defeated a force more than 1, 200 strong when, in fact, they were facing only 77 Australian troops.

The song was placed second with 77, 685 votes and Sonia released the song on her " Better The Devil You Know " album ( Although the song was originally intended for release by Tracey Ackerman ).

Although The 77 Bank closed representative offices and branches in London and New York after the collapse of the bubble economy in the 1990s, it opened a representative office in Shanghai in July, 2005.

Although he was still a regular starter at the start of the 1964-65 season, in November 1964, Arsenal sold him for £ 40, 000 to Liverpool ; in all he had scored 77 goals in 137 matches for the Gunners.

Although mainly intended for freight working, the locomotives also regularly worked Woodhead Line passenger services – especially after the sale of the Class 77 locomotivess to the Netherlands Railways in 1968.