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Tiberius

second Roman Emperor from 14 to 37 AD

39 dated entries naming Tiberius, drawn from 31 separate years between 85 BCE and 38 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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1st century BC

  • 85 BCETiberius Claudius Nero, Roman politician and father of Tiberius (d. 33 BC)source
  • 42 BCENovember 16 – Tiberius, Roman emperor (d. 37 AD)source
  • 38 BCEJanuary 17 – Octavian marries Livia while she is still pregnant from a recently broken marriage. Octavian gained permission from the College of Pontiffs to wed her while she is still pregnant from another husband. Three months after the wedding she gives birth to a second son, Nero Claudius Drusus, while he and his elder brother, the four-year-old Tiberius, are living in Octavian's household.source
  • 33 BCETiberius Claudius Nero, Roman politician and father of Tiberius (b. 85 BC)source
  • 20 BCEJune 3 – Lucius Aelius Sejanus, advisor of Tiberius (d. AD 31)source
  • 15 BCEThe Raeti tribes of the Alps are subjugated by Tiberius and Nero Claudius Drusus and the new Roman province of Raetia is established with Chur (in modern-day Switzerland) as its capital. During the campaign, Roman triremes destroy the fleet of the Vindelici in the Battle of Lake Constance. Augsburg is founded as Augusta Vindelicorum; and Legio XXI Rapax is stationed at Regensburg in the new province.source
  • 14 BCEDrusus Julius Caesar, son of the Emperor Tiberius and step-grandson of the Emperor Augustus (d. AD 23)source
  • 13 BCETiberius Claudius Nero and Publius Quinctilius Varus are Roman Consuls.source
  • 12 BCETiberius Claudius Nero summoned to Pannonia due to severe revolt by the Delmatae.source
  • 6 BCETiberius retires to Rhodes, to the inconvenience of Emperor Augustus. He is recalled to Rome years later in AD 4, becoming Augustus' adopted son and heir following the deaths of Lucius and Gaius Caesar.source

1st century

  • 1AD 1 – Tiberius, under order of Emperor Augustus, quells revolts in Germania (AD 1–5).source
  • 2AD 2 – Following the death of Lucius Caesar, Augustus allows his stepson Tiberius back into Rome as a private citizen, after six years of enforced retirement on Rhodes.source
  • 4AD 4 – A pact of non-aggression and friendship is signed between the Roman Empire, represented by Tiberius, and the German tribe the Cherusci, represented by their King Segimer. Arminius and Flavus, sons of Segimer, are brought into the Roman army as leaders of the auxiliary troops.source
  • 4AD 4 – Emperor Augustus summons Tiberius to Rome, and names him his heir and future emperor. At the same time, Agrippa Postumus, the last son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, is also adopted and named as Augustus' heir.source
  • 4AD 4 – Livilla marries Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Tiberius.source
  • 5AD 5 – Tiberius conquers Germania Inferior.source
  • 6AD 6 – Tiberius marches back from the northern border to Illyricum to commence operations against the Illyrians.source
  • 6AD 6 – Tiberius makes Carnuntum his base of operations against Maroboduus; The Roman legion XX Valeria Victrix fight with Tiberius against the Marcomanni.source
  • 12Quirinius returns from Judea to become a counselor to Tiberius.source
  • 14September 18 – Tiberius succeeds his stepfather Augustus as Roman emperor.source
  • 16Clemens, Roman slave and impostor (executed by Tiberius)source
  • 17Emperor Tiberius sends Germanicus to the east, in order to lead a military campaign against Parthia.source
  • 19Emperor Tiberius expels the Egyptians from Rome, and deports 4,000 Jews from Sicily.source
  • 19October 10 – Tiberius Gemellus, grandson of Tiberius (d. c. 38 AD)source
  • 20Emperor Tiberius is forced to order an investigation and a public trial in the Roman Senate, for the murder of Germanicus. Fearing he will be found guilty, Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso commits suicide.source
  • 20Vipsania Agrippina, wife of Gaius Asinius Gallus and former wife of Tiberius (b. 36 BC)source
  • 23Emperor Tiberius' son Drusus Julius Caesar dies. From that point forward, Tiberius seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure.source
  • 23September 14 – Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Emperor Tiberius (b. 14 BC)source
  • 25Emperor Tiberius settles a dispute between Messenia and Sparta over the Ager Dentheliales on Mount Taygetus, awarding the land to Messenia.source
  • 26Emperor Tiberius retires to Capri, leaving the Praetorian Guard under Lucius Aelius Sejanus in charge of the Roman Empire and the city of Rome.source
  • 29Livia, wife of Augustus and mother of Tiberius (b. 58 BC)source
  • 31Lucius Aelius Sejanus is named co-Consul to Emperor Tiberius. However, Tiberius becomes aware of Sejanus' treachery and has him arrested and executed.source
  • 31Claudia Livia Julia, niece and daughter-in-law of Tiberius (b. 13 BC)source
  • 33Emperor Tiberius founds a credit bank in Rome.source
  • 35Emperor Tiberius names Caligula (aka Gaius) and Gamellus, a grandson, as co-heirs.source
  • 36Herod Antipas suffers major losses in a war with Aretas IV of Nabatea, provoked partly by Antipas' divorce of Aretas' daughter. According to Josephus, Herod's defeat was popularly believed to be divine punishment for his execution of John the Baptist. Emperor Tiberius orders his governor of Syria, Vitellius, to capture or kill Aretas, but he is reluctant to support Herod and abandons his campaign upon Tiberius' death in AD 37.source
  • 37March 16 – Tiberius, Roman emperor (b. 42 BC)source
  • 37March 18 – The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius's will, and proclaims Caligula as Roman Emperor, nullifying the joint claim of Tiberius Gemellus. Caligula's attempt to have himself deified creates friction between himself and the Senate.source
  • 38Tiberius Gemellus, grandson of Tiberius (b. AD 19)source

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