Being recalled from the Isle of Rhodes, he found Augustus deprived of heirs, and from that time continued for twelve years, without a rival, the hope and pillar of the imperial family. He succeeded to the empire, and governed Rome near three-and-twenty years.
Gero, Rodasera itzulita, printzearen etxe hutsa hamabi urtez bereganatu zuen, eta jarraian, erromatar estatuaren aginte gorena, ia hogeita hiru urtez. Bere jokaera ere denborarekin asko aldatu zen: