CLA2104 Lecture 8: The Early Empire 8 - Tiberius

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLA2104
• Professor: Antonia Holden

Document Summary

Tiberius was born to livia eventually wife of augustus, and to tiberius claudius. After livia divorced claudius, she married augustus, making tiberius augustus" stepson. Augustus entrusted matters of great importance to tiberius from early on. Augustus forced tiberius to divorce his wife and marry augustus" daughter, julia. After the grandsons of augustus died, augustus adopted tiberius as his son and heir. Tiberius, at the death of augustus, was the only family member with the experience and maturity to rule. He avoided emphasis on his own authority. He also followed augustus" foreign policy of maintaining borders along natural boundaries. He seemed to have little ambition for self-promotion, leaving day-to-day administration to subordinates. Tiberius abandoned rome and ruled from capri, an island in the bay of naples, for the last 10 years of his life. Suetonius: life of tiberius life of gaius. One of the most important sources for roman history of the 1st century ce.