Tiberius had waited a long time to be emperor and had made many sacrifices. In 11 BC, Augustus had forced him to divorce his much-loved wife and marry Julia, the emperor’s daughter. The two did ...

As was the Roman custom, Augustus adopted his stepson Tiberius as his heir, and Tiberius became Rome’s second emperor in 14 CE. Ancient authors did not remember Tiberius kindly, ...

Show more The photograph is in a book with a typed description. The description: "(Acts, xxv: 21.)--Tiberius was Emperor of Rome from A.D. 14 to A.D. 37. His house on the Palatine hill helped to form ...

Pagan Rome, 37 A.D. As the frail, syphilis-ridden, and half-mad Emperor Tiberius nears the end of his reign, Prince Gaius Augustus Germanicus, known as Caligula, arrives at the depraved ruler's ...

Among the least ambitious of Roman emperors, Tiberius seemed content to remain a general, leading his legions. What, as the Russian revolutionary Nikolai Chernyshevsky asked, is to be done?

Rome, 1st Century AD. Aging Emperor Claudius is writing the history of his family. He starts his recollections before he was born with the court of his grandfather Caesar Augustus. He then ...