Tiberius Claudius Nero ( 79–63 BC) was a Roman senator and military officer. He was grandfather of the emperor

Tiberius Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...

Biography

He possibly studied under

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, who may have dedicated one or two books to Nero. It is also possible that the man who was friends with Lacon was his father. Tiberius served as triumvir of the mint () in 79 BC. He minted

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with a bust of Diana and a chariot driven by

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. Some numismatists have explained the presence of Diana as an allusion to the

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origin of the gens Claudia, but

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dismisses this theory, which comes from a mistake of

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. Tiberius was praetor at an undetermined date in the 60s, at least before 63, and perhaps before 67, when he was given a command in the expedition of

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against the

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. Tiberius was famous for recommending that the members of the

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be confined. Tiberius with his wife had a son called Tiberius Claudius Nero (c. 85-33 BC) and a daughter called Claudia who married the prefect, Quintus Volusius.

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. Ad Atticum, V, 21

References

Bibliography

* T. Robert S. Broughton, ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', American Philological Association, 1951–1952. *

, ''Roman Republican Coinage'', Cambridge University Press, 1974. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Claudius Nero, Tiberius 1st-century BC deaths 1st-century BC Romans

Ancient Roman generals Ancient Roman politicians Roman Republican praetors Year of death unknown