Tiberius was born on 16 November 42 BCE in Rome. The second Roman emperor, Tiberius succeeded his stepfather Augustus in the year 14 after a distinguished career as a general who campaigned in Germany, Pannonia and Armenia. As emperor he was an able administrator who left the treasury full and kept the frontiers secure, but he was suspicious and withdrawn. In 26 he retired to the island of Capri, leaving Rome in the hands of the praetorian prefect Sejanus, whose plots and fall led to a series of treason trials. Ancient writers such as Tacitus and Suetonius depict him as cruel, though modern historians are more balanced.
Before and after
- 44 BCEDiscovery of Caesar's Comet
- 15 March 44 BCEDeath of Julius Caesar
- 20 March 43 BCEBirth of Ovid
- 7 December 43 BCEDeath of Cicero
- 16 November 42 BCEBirth of Tiberius
- from 37 BCE to 668 CEGoguryeo
- 2 September 31 BCEOctavian defeats Antony and Cleopatra at Actium
- 12 August 30 BCEDeath of Cleopatra
- 18 August 29 BCEOrigins of Temple of Caesar
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The era
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