The Fall of Sejanus

Tiberius called for Sejanus to be tried and executed for treason. He had no recourse, as Tiberius had already sent notice to the Praetorians that their leader had been replaced. A slave with knowledge of her crime waited until he was sure Sejanus was dead and then addressed a letter to Tiberius outlining her involvement in the murder of Jerusalem. LaVilla turned up dead shortly thereafter, and though a definitive account of her death does not exist,. The most dramatic account has Tiberius handing LaVilla over to her mother Antonia who locked up daughter and starved her to death.