Official Name: TIBERIUS CAESAR AUGUSTUS
Birthdate: November 16, 42 BCE
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 5)
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 5)
Reign: Declared emperor by the Roman senate on September 18, 14 CE.
(Tacitus, Annals, 1.12-13) (Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 24)
Marriages:
Vipsania Agrippina (19–11 BC)
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 7)
Julia (11–2 BC)
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 7 & 11.4)
Children:
Drusus (son by Vipsania)
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 7)
Death: Died on March 16, 37 CE in Misenum, Italy. Cause of death is disputed, may have died of natural causes or been assassinated on the orders of Caligula (his heir) or Macro (his praetorian prefect).
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 72 & 73) (Tacitus, Annals, 6.50)
Bust of Tiberius in the Musei Capitolini, Rome, 6th September 2019
Portrait of Tiberius, National Archaeological Museum of Naples, October 12th 2018.
Portrait of Tiberius, Copenhagen Glyptotek, September 18th 2019.
6
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 16-20)
26
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 39-40)
31
(Suetonius, Life of Tiberius, 65) (Tacitus, Annals, 4.1)
33
(Luke 3:1)
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