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Tiberius - Roman Emperor

Tiberius was the son of Livia, wife of the first Roman emperor, Augustus. Reluctantly, Augustus adopted Tiberius and groomed him for the role of emperor, but if there had been an alternative, Tiberius would have been overlooked.

Tiberius was a very capable military leader and a sensible civic leader who tried to restrain the budget, but he was dour and unpopular. He is known for treason trials, sexual perversion, and shirking his responsibility by going into seclusion.

Basic Facts About Tiberius:

Roman historians Dio Cassius, Suetonius, and Tacitus all wrote about Tiberius. Suetonius says he was probably born on November 16 in 42 B.C. on the Palatine Hill or at Fundi. His mother was Livia who later married Augustus, and his father (of the same name, Tiberius Claudius Nero) was a quaestor who died when Tiberius was 9.