1. + Tiberius By Whitney Teeter Period 5

2. + Overview Born in November in 42 BC Died March 37 AD Allowed to be consul 5 years before required age Name Tiberius Claudius Nero Parents are Tiberius Claudius Nero (Dad) and Livia Drusilla (Mom) Ruled from 14 AD to 37 AD total of 22 and a half years Stepson to Octavian so took on name Tiberius Julius Caesar Married Julia the Elder

3. + More Overview One of Rome’s greatest generals conquering Pannonia, Dalmatia, Raetia, and temporarily, parts of Germania Became known as a dark and reclusive emperor with no desire to be there. It became worse after the death of his son - he went a little crazy. In 26 AD, he sent himself to exile against better judgement. He wasn’t in the right mind. Caligula succeded him after his death.

4. + Military Victories He led a sizable force to Armenia but let it be a neutral province. Then returned home in 19 BC and married Vispania Agrippina. He was appointed to the position of praetor and went west to help his brother. Tiberius focused on the tribes in the Alps, transalpine Gaul, and conquered Raetia. When he returned in 13 BC he was appointed consul and around that time had his son, Drusus Julius Caesar.

5. + Agrippa’s death After Agrippa’s death, Tiberius and Drusus received more poor His dying wish was for Tiberius to divorce his wife, Vispsania, which is Agrippa’s daughter, and marry Julia the Elder. Julia the Elder was the daughter of Agustus and wife of Agrippa. The new marriage was an unhappy one and they produced one child. He saw Vipsania once again and followed her while she was crying and Augustus caught them and ensured this encounter would not happen again.

6. + Retirement Left for a campaign against the Marcomanni and when he returned home he became consul. Then in 6 BC he retired to Rhodes This announcement was sudden and believed to be because of his unhappy marriage with Julia. 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.

7. + Who’s the Heir Augustus’s sons: Lucius and Gaius Then Lucius dies in 2 AD making the future emperor Gaius, his brother, who dies in 4 AD During this Tiberius returns as a private citizen of Rome and after the deaths of the heirs. Augustus adopts Tiberius with the condition that Tiberius adopts Augustus’s nephew Germanicus Tiberius then receives Tribunician power as well as part of Augustus’s power

8. + Emporer: Early Reign Titled princeps on September 18 th, 14 AD He had the power of one just needed the titles He tried to be like Augustus but he came across derisive and seemed obstructive to the state. He disliked being princeps He refused all titles. Seemed he wanted the senate to act without him and any orders he gave were vague.

9. + Problems Legions posted in Pannonia and Gemania didn’t receive bonuses promised by Augustus. The soldiers started rebelling. Tiberius sent his son and Germanicus with a small legion to settle the uproar. Germanicus led his rebelled troops into Germanic territory and told the group any treasure they could grab counted as their bonus. Germanicus took over the Teutoburg forest and other parts of the Germanic region lost years before.

10. + Sejanus He became praetorian perfect due to Tiberius’s lack of involvement. After the death of Tiberius’s son, Sejanus became more popular in Tiberius’s eye Referred to him as “Socius Laborum” or partner in labor Sejanus started purge trials of the wealthy and equestrians who were capable of opposing power.

11. + Sejanus’s Plot Sejanus was 2 nd command consul and was jealous Sejanus tried to marry into the Julian family and win his or her support. Any one who stood in the way were tried for treason and immediately dealt with. 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.

12. + Late Years After Sejanus, Tiberius’s reputation was tarnished in the eye of the people. He lost all desire to care for Rome and the senate was the only thing keeping Rome alive.

13. + Death Tiberius died in Misenum Death date March 16 th, 37 AD When the news was told the crowd rejoiced Caligula and Macro smothered him to death After his death, the senate refused to give him divine honors. The people uproared over that