Tiberius died on 16 March 37 CE in Miseno, aged 77. 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he was an able administrator who left the treasury full and kept the frontiers secure, but he was suspicious and withdrawn.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
- 7 April 30 CECrucifixion of Jesus
- c. 33 CEDeath of Jesus Christ
- 33 CEOrigins of Christianity
- 37 CEBirth of Josephus
- 16 March 37 CEDeath of Tiberius
- 15 December 37 CEBirth of Nero
- 30 December 39 CEBirth of Titus
- 24 January 41 CEDeath of Caligula
- 42 CEOrigins of Coptic Orthodox Church
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