Tiberius, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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2nd Emperor of Ancient Rome, member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty
Date of Birth: 16-Nov-0042
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Date of Death: 16-Mar-0037
Profession: politician, soldier
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Tiberius
- Tiberius ( ty-BEER-ee-?s; Latin: Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was the second Roman emperor, reigning from 14 AD to 37 AD, succeeding Augustus.
- Born to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla in a Claudian family, he was given the personal name Tiberius Claudius Nero.
- His mother divorced Nero and married Octavian—later to ascend to Emperor as Augustus—who officially became his stepfather.
- Tiberius would later marry Augustus' daughter (from his marriage to Scribonia), Julia the Elder, and even later be adopted by Augustus.
- Through the adoption, he officially became a Julian, assuming the name Tiberius Julius Caesar.
- The emperors after Tiberius would continue this blended dynasty of both families for the following thirty years; historians have named it the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
- His relationship to the other emperors of this dynasty was as follows: he was the stepson of Augustus, grand-uncle of Caligula, paternal uncle of Claudius, and great-grand uncle of Nero.
- Tiberius' 22-and-a-half-year reign would be the longest after that of Augustus until that of Antoninus Pius, who surpassed his reign by a few months. Tiberius was one of the greatest Roman generals; his conquest of Pannonia, Dalmatia, Raetia, and (temporarily) parts of Germania, laid the foundations for the northern frontier.
- Even so, he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive and sombre ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him "the gloomiest of men".
- After the death of his son Drusus Julius Caesar in 23 AD, Tiberius became more reclusive and aloof.
- In 26 AD he removed himself from Rome and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous Praetorian prefects Lucius Aelius Sejanus and Quintus Naevius Sutorius Macro.
- When Tiberius died, he was succeeded by his grand-nephew and adopted grandson, Caligula.
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