After his death, the Senate refused to vote Tiberius the divine honours that had been paid to Augustus, and mobs filled the streets yelling "To the Tiber with Tiberius!" (the bodies of criminals were typically thrown into the river, instead of being buried or burnt).Death of Tiberius: Tacitus Annals 6.50; Dio 58.28.1–4; Suetonius, Tiberius 73 Gaius 12.2–3; Josephus AJ 18.225. Posthumous insults: Suetonius, Tiberius 75. However, the emperor was cremated, and his ashes were placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus.
After his death, the Senate refused to vote Tiberius the divine honours that had been paid to Augustus, and mobs filled the streets yelling "To the Tiber with Tiberius!" (the bodies of criminals were typically thrown into the river, instead of being buried or burnt).Death of Tiberius: Tacitus Annals 6.50; Dio 58.28.1–4; Suetonius, Tiberius 73 Gaius 12.2–3; Josephus AJ 18.225. Posthumous insults: Suetonius, Tiberius 75 However, the emperor was cremated, and his ashes were placed in the Mausoleum of Augustus.