Tiberius Livius is one of the main antagonists (along with Caecilius Metellus) in Celtic Kings: Rage of War, Return to the Throne scenario. He was one of the commanders of the legions of the Roman Empire who, together with another traitorous commander, murdered the governor of Apollonia in order to rule over the lands together.
Biography[]
Tiberius Livius was a military commander of the Roman Empire who, together with another commander, Caecilius Metellus, committed a conspiracy and assassination. The governor of Apollonia was killed, and his son Camelius was dragged from his bed, exiled, and reduced to slavery. After this, Caecilius Metellus ordered his soldiers to allow only Roman citizens into the city gates, and to kill everyone else around the city area, with Tiberius supervising that the soldiers carried out the orders. The evil governor then began to act completely in the background. He hired Teutonic mercenaries and liberatus gladiators to find and kill Camelius, while he further hired or allied with barbarian hordes, mainly Gauls, Teutons, and Vikings. Since most villages, towns, and their territories were more loyal to Tiberius Livius, he tried to plan rebellions, and ordered the barbarian hordes to launch raids, attacks, and kill high-ranking Roman commanders. However, his plans were thwarted because Camelius did not die, but returned to the territory of Apollonia and was stronger than ever and he too had become a member of the Roman army. Tiberius Livius saw a great ally in the young man, having heard of his heroism, perseverance, and the fact that he was a very promising soldier, so he immediately placed him under his command. He ordered him to keep out the thieving peasants who tried to enter the city to steal anything and to allow only Roman citizens in, killing everyone else. The young man and his soldiers carried out the order, but when they returned to report, Tiberius said that he was very disappointed because a thief had managed to get into the city, but he was not angry, but gave the soldier the opportunity to find the criminal who had sneaked in. The thief was near the tavern of the city, and the soldiers chased him for a while, then caught him outside the gate and killed him. After that, the commander wanted to talk to the young man about more personal matters.
Livius shared his views with the young man with surprising honesty, who was very interested in everything he said, as he needed everything for the success of his revenge. He said that he thought Caecilius Metellus was an incompetent governor, as he was stupid and weak and his only real weapon was a few connections in Rome, but nothing else. In fact, even Livius didn't know how dangerous plans he was secretly preparing, but this was also the main reason for his downfall, as he was too busy with his behind-the-scenes affairs and didn't really pay attention to the actual management of the city. The commander believed that new leadership was needed, and Camelius believed that if he supported the coup, one traitor would die and he could get even closer to another. The traitorous commander said that he would replace some of the guards with his own men, but there were a few more guards that Camelius had to kill in less than ten minutes, killing only the guards wearing golden armor, and the other soldiers could not see the killings. He also told him that if he helped him, he would reward him, and Camelius accepted the offer, but he was not interested in the reward, only in avenging his father. The plan was initially successful, the experienced young man quickly killed the soldiers in gold armor without giving up, and then headed towards the city hall, from where Caecilius Metellus emerged on a horse wearing green clothing and said he knew everything. Thus it became apparent to Camelius and Tiberius that his work was the barbarian attacks, the incitement of the traitors and rebels, and after that a group of gladiators came out of the city hall and launched an attack on the traitors. When Tiberius Livius saw that some of his soldiers had fallen, he fled the city and abandoned Camelius, but he sent him a group of horsemen, with whose help they won the battle, and Caecilius Metellus was killed. Afterwards, the priests of the city wanted to elect Camelius as the new governor of Apollonia in a ceremony, but it was unexpectedly interrupted by a Gallic attack, planned by a mad druid who was an ally of Metellus.
While Camelius left the city and went to Pannonia to gather an army against the barbarians, the soldiers of Tiberius Livius took over the leadership of the city and Apollonia now came under his control. He did not help Camelius and his soldiers at all in the fight against the mad druid, his plan was probably to weaken each other, or for the mad druid to be victorious and then defeat the barbarians with his own soldiers. However, the situation turned out differently, the young man became a strong, experienced and very good warrior who, with his soldiers, defeated the Gauls and their allied Vikings, killed the druid and his minions, and then captured the village of Haltr. After that, his target was Tiberius Livius and the seizure of the territories he held, and the conspirator was in for a very unpleasant surprise. Apollonia fell almost instantly, as Camelius had sent almost his entire army into the city before capturing the village of Haltr, under the pretext of strengthening the defenses, but in reality his plan was that it would be attacked from within and captured at his signal. The city fell in a surprisingly short time, Apollonia now permanently under the control of Camelius, who set out for the stone outpost to the west to kill his archenemy in a duel.
Camelius kills Tiberius Livius and thus almost completes his revenge.
After the fall of Apollonia, Tiberius probably knew it was over but refused to surrender, instead accepting a duel against Camelius and fighting as long as he could, but the vengeful warrior successfully killed him.