TIBERIUS, CLAUDIUS NERO

(42 B.C.-37 A.D.), second Rom. emperor; s. of T. Claudius Nero, Rom. officer, and of Livia, who afterwards m. Oct avian us. (August us); became questor, 23 B.C.; aided Tigranes in Armenia, 20; pretor, 17; with Drusus, reduced Rheetia and Vindelicia to submi ion, 15; consul, 13; suppre ed Pan non i an rebellion, 12-9 B.C.; divorced Vipsania A grip pin a to marry Julia, the licentious dau. of August us, II.; withdrew to ag 6; wife banished from Rome, 2 B.C. T. returned in 2 A.D. and was adopted by August us; waged war against Maroboduus of Bohemia, 6; suppre ed. risings in Pannonia and Dalmatia, 6-9; in 9 A.D. occurred total destruction of Varus’s army by Germans, whereupon T. twice invaded Germany; succ. as emperor, 14; suppre ed various risings in early part of reign; warred against Numidia and later against Parthia. His later years were marked by plots, suspicions, and murders. Many of his relatives and friends were put to death; withdrew to Capresx, leaving conduct of affairs to Sejanus, whom, however, he ultimately put to death for treason; said to have been insane. ous region, Central Sahara, Africa; inhabited by the Tibbu.