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'''Tiberius''' (full name: ''Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus'';<ref>http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/tiberius/i.html</ref> born 42 BC as '''Tiberius Claudius Nero''', died AD 37) was the second Emperor of [[Rome]] following the death of [[Augustus]], ruling from AD 14 until his death in 37. He was the son of [[Livia Drusilla]] and her first husband Tiberius Nero. His mother's second husband was [[Augustus]], who was the ''Princeps Civitatis '' (Translates to "first-citizen") better known to history as the first Roman Emperor. Tiberius grew up in his biological father's house. When his father died he went to live with his mother, his stepfather and his younger stepsister, [[Julia the Elder|Julia]]. Livia wanted to advance her sons as far as possible and used her position as Augustus' wife to advance Tiberius' career.  

'''Tiberius''' (full name: ''Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus'';<ref>http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/ric/tiberius/i.html</ref> born 42 BC as '''Tiberius Claudius Nero''', died AD 37) was the second Emperor of [[Rome]] following the death of [[Augustus]], ruling from AD 14 until his death in 37. He was the son of [[Livia Drusilla]] and her first husband Tiberius Nero. His mother's second husband was [[Augustus]], who was the ''Princeps Civitatis '' (Translates to "first-citizen") better known to history as the first Roman Emperor. Tiberius grew up in his biological father's house. When his father died he went to live with his mother, his stepfather and his younger stepsister, [[Julia the Elder|Julia]]. Livia wanted to advance her sons as far as possible and used her position as Augustus' wife to advance Tiberius' career.  

==Emperor==

==Emperor==

As an emperor Tiberius was not well liked nor was he especially friendly.  Well into his 50's when he took the throne, he showed signs of being bitter and frustrated.  His relationship with his mother soured and they had little to do with each other until her death in 29 AD at the age of almost 90. A majority of the Roman people preferred Tiberius' nephew [[Germanicus]] to be emperor over Tiberius.  Germanicus was the husband of Julia's youngest daughter, Agrippina. For the majority of Tiberius' rein, there was friction between him and his stepdaughter. Agrippina was the only living grandchild of Augustus left alive as her mother Julia had killed herself, her three brothers had all died and her elder sister Julilla had also died. Tiberius later exiled Agrippina (with the help of his right-hand man [[Sejanus]]) to the same island that Julia had been exiled to and she eventually committed suicide by refusing to eat. It is said that Tiberius ordered her guards to force her to eat, violently, and she lost an eye from the impact. The two elder sons of Agrippina, [[Drusus]] and Nero were both killed as well; one was exiled and the other locked away and starved to death. The only one of Agrippina's sons who survived was Gaius "[[Caligula]]", who Tiberius later made his heir.  In 26 A.D. Tiberius left Rome for the island of Capri, where, it is recorded, he engaged in all manner of debauchery.

As an emperor Tiberius was not well liked nor was he especially friendly.  Well into his 50's when he took the throne, he showed signs of being bitter and frustrated.  His relationship with his mother soured and they had little to do with each other until her death in 29 AD at the age of almost 90. A majority of the Roman people preferred Tiberius' nephew [[Germanicus]] to be emperor over Tiberius.  Germanicus was the husband of Julia's youngest daughter, Agrippina. For the majority of Tiberius' rein, there was friction between him and his stepdaughter. Agrippina was the only living grandchild of Augustus left alive as her mother Julia had killed herself, her three brothers had all died and her elder sister Julilla had also died. Tiberius later exiled Agrippina (with the help of his right-hand man [[Sejanus]]) to the same island that Julia had been exiled to and she eventually committed suicide by refusing to eat. It is said that Tiberius ordered her guards to force her to eat, violently, and she lost an eye from the impact. The two elder sons of Agrippina, [[Drusus]] and Nero were both killed as well; one was exiled and the other locked away and starved to death. The only one of Agrippina's sons who survived was Gaius "[[Caligula]]", who Tiberius later made his heir.  In 26 A.D. Tiberius left Rome for the island of Capri, where, it is recorded, he engaged in all manner of debauchery.