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Tiberius
Roman emperor
Also known as: Tiberius Caesar Augustus, Tiberius Claudius Nero, Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus, Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus
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Tiberius (born November 16, 42 bce—died March 16, 37 ce, Capreae [Capri], near Naples) was the second Roman emperor (14–37 ce), the adopted son of Augustus, whose imperial institutions and imperial boundaries he sought to preserve. In his last years he became a tyrannical recluse, inflicting a reign of terror against the major personages of Rome. Tiberius’s father, also named Tiberius Claudius Nero, a high priest and magistrate, was a former fleet captain for Julius Caesar. His mother, the beautiful Livia Drusilla, was her husband’s cousin and may have been only 13 years old when Tiberius was born. In the ...(100 of 2940 words)