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Tiberius

43 BCE–37

Tiberius was Roman emperor from AD 14 to 37 and the successor of Augustus. An experienced commander and administrator, he inherited the new imperial system but became associated with political suspicion, withdrawal to Capri and the rise of Sejanus.

Tiberius was born in Rome and died in Miseno. Tiberius also held the offices or ranks of Roman consul. Tiberius belonged to the Julio-Claudian dynasty; Claudii Nerones; Julii Caesares and operated within Ancient Rome.

In Lindsay Powell’s Augustus at War, Marcus Agrippa, Tiberius and Drusus carried out many of the campaigns through which Roman territory nearly doubled, while Augustus claimed their victories as commander-in-chief. Maps, orders of battle and profiles of officers and units connect imperial policy to the practical structure of the army. Lindsay Powell’s Eager for Glory is a biography of Nero Claudius Drusus, the younger brother of Tiberius and stepson of Augustus. Drusus emerged from the first imperial household as an administrator and commander entrusted with campaigns in the Alps and beyond the Rhine. Further fictional perspectives on Tiberius can be found in Richard Foreman’s Blood & Secrets. For broader historical treatment of Tiberius, see Lindsay Powell’s Germanicus, Lindsay Powell’s Roman Soldier vs Germanic Warrior, and Captivating History’s Tiberius.

Periods

Periods linked to Tiberius

Julio-Claudian Dynasty27 BCE–68 CE Reign of Caligula37–41 CE Reign of Tiberius14–37 CE

Series

Historical novels and book series featuring Tiberius (9 series)

Parthian Chronicles in Order

by Peter Darman 16 books 4.5(22,678)

The Parthian Chronicles follow Pacorus, a fictional Parthian prince whose life stretches across the violent politics of the first century BCE. The opening novel places him beside Spartacus during the Third Servile War; later volumes return him to Mesopotamia, where he becomes ruler of Dura and is drawn…

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The Publius Ovidius Mysteries in Order

by Fiona Forsyth 3 books 4.4(479)

The Publius Ovidius Mysteries reimagine the exiled poet Ovid as an unwilling investigator in Tomis on the Black Sea. His self-importance, literary knowledge and connections to Rome make him both useful and dangerous to Marcus Avitius, the provincial adviser responsible for maintaining order. The frontier setting places local…

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Claudius Series in Order

by Robert Graves 2 books 4.4(7,473)

The Claudius Series is Robert Graves’s two-volume fictional memoir of the Roman emperor Claudius and the Julio-Claudian dynasty. I, Claudius follows the imperial family from Augustus to Caligula through Claudius’s wary, observant voice, while Claudius the God covers his own reign and the forces that undermine it. Together…

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The Dream of Rome in Order

by Richard Foreman 5 books 4.1(3,394)

The Dream of Rome is an omnibus collection rather than a single continuous saga. Its volumes gather the complete Sword of Rome campaigns, the two Augustus novels, the first three Spies of Rome investigations, the complete Sword of Empire sequence and three later Rufus Varro novellas. The collection…

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Vespasian in Order

by Robert Fabbri 9 books 4.4(23,435)

The Vespasian series follows Titus Flavius Vespasianus from obscure young nobleman and soldier to the imperial contender who will found the Flavian dynasty. The novels use Vespasian’s career to move through the Julio-Claudian court, frontier warfare, Britain, Armenia, North Africa, Judaea and the civil-war crisis of AD 69.…

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Quintus Roman Thrillers in Order

by Neil Denby 7 books 4.2(10,529)

The Quintus Roman Thrillers follow Julius Quintus Quirinius through the early Augustan principate as he rises from ordinary legionary to decanus, optio, centurion, speculator and evocatus. His service begins with decimation in Hispania and an oath to support the family of Ursus, the comrade killed by his own…

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Roma Trilogy in Order

by Steven Saylor 3 books 4.0(15,200)

The Roma Trilogy follows generations of the fictional Pinarius family across the long history of Rome. Roma begins with the city’s legendary foundation and continues through the Republic and the rise of Augustus; Empire carries the family through the Julio-Claudian, Flavian and adoptive-emperor periods; Dominus follows the later…

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Spies of Rome in Order

by Richard Foreman 6 books 4.2(683)

Spies of Rome follows the poet Rufus Varro and his former-gladiator bodyguard Manius as reluctant agents of Marcus Agrippa during the first years of Augustus’s rule. The original trilogy investigates a coup, a slave trader’s murder and a killing connected to the imperial household. Three later novellas send…

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The Shards in Order

by Michael Livingston 4 books 3.5(24)

The Shards is a historical fantasy sequence in which divine relics shape the wars and dynastic struggles of the ancient Mediterranean. The prequel The Aegis and the Oasis follows Alexander the Great and Hephaestion in Egypt; the main trilogy begins after Julius Caesar’s assassination and follows the conflict…

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Standalone books

Standalone books featuring Tiberius (2 books)

Non Fiction

Non Fiction featuring Tiberius (8 books)

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