Tiberius and Augusta refrained from showing themselves, thinking it below
their dignity to shed tears in public, or else fearing that, if all eyes
scrutinised their faces, their hypocrisy would be revealed. I do not find in
any historian or in the daily register that Antonia, Germanicus's mother,
rendered any conspicuous honour to the deceased, though besides Agrippina,
Drusus, and Claudius, all his other kinsfolk are mentioned by name. She may
either have been hindered by illness, or with a spirit overpowered by grief
she may not have had the heart to endure the sight of so great an
affliction. But I can more easily believe that Tiberius and Augusta, who did
not leave the palace, kept her within, that their sorrow might seem equal to
hers, and that the grandmother and uncle might be thought to follow the
mother's example in staying at home.