Tiberius Caesar Augustus was the second Roman emperor, reigning from AD 14 to 37. He succeeded his stepfather, Augustus. Tiberius was one of Rome's greatest generals: his conquests of Pannonia, Dalmatia, Raetia, and parts of Germania laid the foundations for the northern frontier. Even so, he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive and somber ruler who never really desired to be emperor; Pliny the Elder called him "the gloomiest of men". After the death of his son Drusus Julius Caesar in AD 23, Tiberius became more reclusive and aloof. In 26 AD he removed himself from Rome and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous praetorian prefects Sejanus and Naevius Sutorius Macro. When Tiberius died, he was succeeded by his grand-nephew and adopted grandson, Caligula.
| Predecessor | Augustus |
| Successor | Caligula |
| Born | 16 November 42 BC, Rome, Italy, Roman Republic |
| Died | 16 March AD 37 (aged 77), Misenum, Italy, Roman Empire |
| Burial | Mausoleum of Augustus, Rome |
| Spouse | Vipsania Agrippina (19–11 BC), Julia the Elder (11–2 BC) |
| Issue, more... | Drusus Julius Caesar, Germanicus (adopted) |
| Dynasty | Julio-Claudian |
| Father | Tiberius Claudius Nero, Augustus (adoptive) |
| Mother | Livia |
About Tiberius
Remembered as the second Emperor of Rome and a member of the Julio Claudian Dynasty, Tiberius ruled between the years 14 and 37 AD. Though he consolidated the Roman Empire and increased its wealth, he disliked ruling and was largely unpopular among his subjects.
Achievement of Tiberius
Before rising to power, he served as an auditor for the Roman Republic and entered elections for the titles of consul and praetor. Early in his life, he also launched a military campaign against a Germanic group known as the Marcomanni. Around 31 AD, he became the object of a governmental overthrow plot devised by Lucius Aelius Sejanus.
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