TIBERIUS

42 BC – 37 AD
 EARLY LIFE

• TIBERIUS GREW UP WITH THREE BROTHERS, AND HE ALWAYS MARVELED AT HIS FATHER`S
POWER.
• HIS FATHER WAS TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS NERO.
• TIBERIUS` MOTHER DIVORCED AND RE-MARRIED OCTAVIN, LATER KNOWN AS AUGUSTUS.
• AUGUSTUS WAS TIBERIUS` STEP FATHER, BUT HE ENDED UP TAKING CUSTODY OF TIBERIUS,
CAUSING TIBERIUS TO TAKE THE THROWN WHEN HIS BROTHERS DIED AT EARLY AGES.
 TIBERIUS TAKES ACTION

• TIBERIUS MARRIED AND HE HAD HIS FIRST MILITARY COMMAND AT AGE 22.

• HE RETURNED FROM THAT MISSION, SUCCESSFUL, ONLY TO ASK FOR ANOTHER MISSION.

• HE WAS SO COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS HIS SOLDIERS THAT HE WAS CONSIDERED A REAL LEADER AND AN EVEN
BETTER ROMAN COMMANDER.

• THINGS TOOK A TURN FOR THE WORSE WHEN ALL OF HIS BROTHERS DIED AND HIS FATHER MADE HIM DIVORCE THE
WOMAN HE LOVED FOR ANOTHER WOMAN.

• TIBERIUS LEFT FOR ANOTHER MILITARY COMMAND ONLY TO RETURN AND FIND OUT THAT HIS WIFE HAD LEFT HIM FOR
ANOTHER MAN.
 REIGN AS EMPEROR

• HE HAD FAIR POLICIES AND WAS LIKED BY MOST ROMANS.

• HE DIDN’T ALLOW ANY SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOR SUCH AS THEFT AND CRIME
• A PRAETORIAN GUARD NAMED SEJANUS BEGAN TO TAKE OVER WHEN TIBERIUS` SON
PASSED AWAY AND HE HAD FLED FROM ROME.
• HE NEVER RETURNED AND SEJANUS BEGAN TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL HIS POWER.
• HE DID MANY EVIL THINGS TO PEOPLE AND TIBERIUS WROTE A LETTER BACK TO ROME
DESCRIBING HOW HE WANTED SEJANUS KILLED….AND SO HE WAS.
 FUN FACT CONCLUSION!

• TIBERIUS DIED BECAUSE OF A SHOULDER INJURY THAT OCCURRED WHILE HE WAS THROWING
A JAVELIN
• THIS TOOK HIM TO HIS DEATH BED AFTER A LONG RETIREMENT WITH A LAVISH LIFESTYLE.
 SOURCES

• WORKS CITED
• PBS. PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE, N.D. WEB.
• PBS. PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE, N.D. WEB.
• PBS. PUBLIC BROADCASTING SERVICE, N.D. WEB.
• TIBERIUS. N.P., N.D. WEB.
• TIBERIUS. N.P., N.D. WEB.