Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24099618-20140114190300/@comment-16047389-20140326195156

AngryEnclaveSoldier wrote: Agreed. Tiber was a generally horrible person, but atleast he brought peace to Tamriel (for a while). What he did is also definetly not as bad as what the Thalmor want to do. I honestly believe that the things he did were done in order to maintain the Empire. I can't really find anything that he did for his immediate benefit alone. He forced Barenziah to miscarry because he wanted to ensure that his son couldn't be contested for the throne. And most of the lore that says Tiber betrayed Wulfharth comes from the controversial Arcturian Heresey, which may or may not be partially, mostly, or even completely falsified.

In his defense, Tiber never exactly had the chance to be a "person". His duties as both a soldier and an Emperor were all-consuming. He was always an Emperor first, and a human second.