Short Biography: Tiberius

Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla gave birth to a son named Tiberius Julius Caesar in 42 BC and this is when the story begins. Tiberius was born from an aristocratic father and when Tiberius was little they were forced to flee from Rome because of his father’s republican beliefs and because he had opposed against Octavian in the civil wars. Two years after this happened his mother and father divorced and soon later remarried to Augustus his father’s enemy. Tiberius was very indifferent from people he didn’t enjoy gladiator games and didn’t make an appearance in trying to, while doing that he was becoming popular in the city of Rome and having people widely interested in him. When his mother married Augustus, Tiberius saw an opportunity to be heir to the throne but it wasn’t going to be easy Tiberius wasn’t Augustus favorite son or step son for that matter and surely was not going to be anywhere close to be heir to the throne. Augustus thought of his grandsons Gaius and Lucius Caesar to be heir to the throne and didn’t have Tiberius anywhere in those thoughts for that matter. But then …show more content…
He did not follow a normal path like everyone else at one point he didn’t even want to become the emperor of Rome but kind of made his way there. Tiberius also did great things for Rome and for their economy. He interested me because of his story how he got to the throne, by Augustus’s grandchildren both dying and how his mother married his father’s enemy and then became his only successor. So he continued his step fathers rule improving on some things aspects of Rome while diminishing some others. But even though some people think he was a bad leader I think he did some thinks that were for the better of Rome while punishing people and doing some unruly things to his