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Tiberius
By Whitney Teeter
Period 5
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Overview
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Born in November in 42 BC
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Died March 37 AD
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Allowed to be consul 5 years before required age
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Name Tiberius Claudius Nero
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Parents are Tiberius Claudius Nero (Dad) and Livia Drusilla
(Mom)
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Ruled from 14 AD to 37 AD total of 22 and a half years
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Stepson to Octavian so took on name Tiberius Julius Caesar
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Married Julia the Elder
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More Overview
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One of Rome’s greatest generals conquering Pannonia,
Dalmatia, Raetia, and temporarily, parts of Germania
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Became known as a dark and reclusive emperor with no
desire to be there.
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It became worse after the death of his son - he went a little
crazy.
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In 26 AD, he sent himself to exile against better judgement.
He wasn’t in the right mind.
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Caligula succeded him after his death.
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Military Victories
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He led a sizable force to Armenia but let it be a neutral
province. Then returned home in 19 BC and married Vispania
Agrippina.
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He was appointed to the position of praetor and went west to
help his brother.
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Tiberius focused on the tribes in the Alps, transalpine Gaul,
and conquered Raetia.
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When he returned in 13 BC he was appointed consul and
around that time had his son, Drusus Julius Caesar.
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Agrippa’s death
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After Agrippa’s death, Tiberius and Drusus received more
poor
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His dying wish was for Tiberius to divorce his wife, Vispsania,
which is Agrippa’s daughter, and marry Julia the Elder.
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Julia the Elder was the daughter of Agustus and wife of
Agrippa.
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The new marriage was an unhappy one and they produced
one child.
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He saw Vipsania once again and followed her while she was
crying and Augustus caught them and ensured this
encounter would not happen again.
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Retirement
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Left for a campaign against the Marcomanni and when he
returned home he became consul.
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Then in 6 BC he retired to Rhodes
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This announcement was sudden and believed to be because
of his unhappy marriage with Julia.
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This was really upsetting for Augustus because he, 57, had no
one to pass the power to after his death which would end his
succession.
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Who’s the Heir
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Augustus’s sons: Lucius and Gaius
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Then Lucius dies in 2 AD making the future emperor Gaius,
his brother, who dies in 4 AD
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During this Tiberius returns as a private citizen of Rome and
after the deaths of the heirs.
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Augustus adopts Tiberius with the condition that Tiberius
adopts Augustus’s nephew Germanicus
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Tiberius then receives Tribunician power as well as part of
Augustus’s power
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Emporer: Early Reign
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Titled princeps on September 18th, 14 AD
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He had the power of one just needed the titles
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He tried to be like Augustus but he came across derisive and
seemed obstructive to the state.
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He disliked being princeps
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He refused all titles.
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Seemed he wanted the senate to act without him and any
orders he gave were vague.
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Problems
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Legions posted in Pannonia and Gemania didn’t receive
bonuses promised by Augustus.
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The soldiers started rebelling.
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Tiberius sent his son and Germanicus with a small legion to
settle the uproar.
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Germanicus led his rebelled troops into Germanic territory
and told the group any treasure they could grab counted as
their bonus.
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Germanicus took over the Teutoburg forest and other parts of
the Germanic region lost years before.
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Sejanus
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He became praetorian perfect due to Tiberius’s lack of
involvement.
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After the death of Tiberius’s son , Sejanus became more
popular in Tiberius’s eye
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Referred to him as “Socius Laborum” or partner in labor
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Sejanus started purge trials of the wealthy and equestrians
who were capable of opposing power.
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Sejanus’s Plot
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Sejanus was 2nd command consul and was jealous
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Sejanus tried to marry into the Julian family and win his or
her support.
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Any one who stood in the way were tried for treason and
immediately dealt with.
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Tiberius figured out the plot and wrote a letter to senate
condemning that Sejanus was trying to over throw him and
he to be immediately executed.
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Late Years
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After Sejanus, Tiberius’s reputation was tarnished in the eye
of the people.
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He lost all desire to care for Rome and the senate was the
only thing keeping Rome alive.
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Death
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Tiberius died in Misenum
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Death date March 16th, 37 AD
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When the news was told the crowd rejoiced
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Caligula and Macro smothered him to death
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After his death, the senate refused to give him divine honors.
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The people uproared over that