Emperor Tiberius at the Archaeological Museum of Venice

“Emperor Tiberius”

Emperor Tiberius Sculpture – Marble (Height 64 cm) 14–37 AD

Emperor Tiberius (42 BC – 37 AD) was well-regarded by the Romans, particularly for his military talents.

Tiberius preferred to isolate himself from the world, as the political intrigues in Rome were hardly in keeping with his military temperament.

He therefore went into voluntary exile on Rhodes for nearly eight years, until Emperor Augustus compelled him to return to Rome and adopted him as his son, and as a potential successor, given his many military victories.

But back in Rome, Tiberius deliberately kept his distance from public and political life.

Emperor Tiberius So, Augustus sent him to fight in Germania, where he defeated the Lombards and, following his successive victories, the Batavi and the Frisians eventually swore allegiance to Rome.

On Augustus’s death, the Roman Senate asked Tiberius to succeed his adoptive father.

Tiberius accepted reluctantly, and became emperor in 14 AD, reigning until his death in 37 AD.

But political intrigues continued unabated in Rome, and Tiberius, fearing for his life, decided in the year 31 to settle on the island of Capri, from where he governed the Roman Empire whilst once again being able to isolate himself from the world, as he had done during his voluntary exile on Rhodes.

It was on the island of Capri, which had become the centre of power in Rome, that Tiberius abdicated in the year 37 in favour of Caligula, crowning him emperor.

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