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Tiberius (/ t aɪ ˈ b ɪər i ə s / ty-BEER-ee-əs, Latin: [tɪˈbɛɾɪ.ʊs]), feminine Tiberia, is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was used throughout Roman history. Although not especially common, it was used by both patrician and plebeian families. [1] The name is usually abbreviated Ti., but occasionally Tib. [2]
Tiberius and his mother Livia, AD 14–19, from Paestum, National Archaeological Museum of Spain, Madrid. Tiberius was born in Rome on 16 November 42 BC to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. [6] Both of his biological parents belonged to the gens Claudia, an ancient patrician family that came to prominence in the early years of the ...
Divi filius is a Latin phrase meaning "son of a god", and was a title much used by the emperor Augustus, ... notably Tiberius, Nero, and Domitian. [6] See also.
According to Livy, author of Ab Urbe Condita, the first name of the river Tiber was Albula, and Tiberinus was one of the kings of Alba Longa, who drowned in crossing this river, and gave the river his name. [3]
Tacitus says Tiberius was involved in a conspiracy against Germanicus, and Tiberius's jealousy and fear of his nephew's popularity and increasing power was the true motive. [ 72 ] The death of Germanicus in dubious circumstances greatly affected Tiberius's popularity in Rome, leading to the creation of a climate of fear in Rome itself.
Tiberias was founded sometime around 18–20 CE in the Herodian Tetrarchy of Galilee and Perea by the Roman client king Herod Antipas, son of Herod the Great. [11] Herod Antipas made it the capital of his realm in Galilee and named it after the Roman emperor Tiberius. [12]
Tacitus is not the only non-Christian writer of the time who mentioned Jesus and early Christianity. The earliest known references to Christianity are found in Antiquities of the Jews, a 20-volume work written by the Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus around 93–94 AD, during the reign of emperor Domitian.
David (Greek: Δαυίδ; fl. 630–641) was one of three co-emperors of Byzantium for a few months in late 641, and had the regnal name Tiberius. David was the son of Emperor Heraclius and his wife and niece Empress Martina .