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Tiberius and Family
Tiberius
Born: 16 November 42 BC
Died: 16 March 37 AD
Reign: 14 AD – 37 AD
It was during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius that Jesus was baptised and carried out his public ministry. Tiberius’ government was also responsible for appointing the governors to rule Judea, of which Pontius Pilate was one. Tiberius was still on the throne at the time of Jesus trial and crucifixion.
Luke 3:1-2
In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene— during the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
Tiberius was the son of Livia. He was adopted by the previous emperor, Augustus, when Augustus took Livia as his third wife.
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Tiberius Seated
Statue Made : 14-37 AD
Place: Priverno, Central Italy
Found in 1796
Photographed at the Vatican Museums, Vatican City
Tiberius Seated
Statue Made : 14-37 AD
Place: Veio, Central Italy
Found in 1811
Photographed at the Vatican Museums, Vatican City
Tiberius
Bust Made : 1st c AD
Place: Çemberlitaş, Istanbul.
Reused in the Forum at Constantinople (Modern Istanbul) at the time of Constantine I
Photographed at Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
Tiberius
Bust Made : 4 - 14 AD
Place: Italy
Son of Livia to her 1st husband
Photographed at the British Museum, London, England
Tiberius
Bust Made : 4 - 37 AD
Place: Rome, Italy
Son of Livia to her 1st husband. This portait type began after the adoption of Tiberius by Augustus in 4 AD
Photographed at the Altes Museum, Berlin, Germany
Drusus the Younger
Born: 7 October 13 BC
Died: 14 September 23 AD
Drusus was the only child of Tiberius to live to adulthood. He was born to Tiberius’ first wife Vipsania Agrippina. Drusus died in prison during Tiberius’ reign as emperor.
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Drusus the Younger
Bust Made : 14 - 41 AD
Place: Mentana
The only child of Tiberius and his first wife Vipsania Agrippina.
Photographed at the National Museum of Rome, Rome, Italy
Drusus the Younger
Bust Made : c 30 AD
Place: Unknown
Photographed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA