What is Tiberius?
{{Infobox royalty |name=Tiberius |title=[[Roman Emperor|Emperor]] of the [[Roman Empire]] |image= (Toulouse) Tibère - Musée Saint-Raymond Ra 342 b.jpg |caption=A bust of the Emperor Tiberius, [[Toulouse]] |reign=14–37 AD |full name=Tiberius Claudius Nero (from birth to adoption);<br /> Tiberius Julius Caesar (from adoption to accession);<br /> Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (as emperor) |predecessor=[[Augustus]] |successor=[[Caligula]] |heir= |spouse=1) [[Vipsania Agrippina]], 20 to 12 BC<br />2) [[Julia the Elder]], 11 to 2 BC |issue=By Julia: one child, daughter (?) (died in infancy); <br/> [[Germanicus]] (adoptive) |royal house=[[Julio-Claudian dynasty|Julio-Claudian]] |house-type=Imperial Dynasty |father=[[Tiberius Claudius Nero (praetor 42 BC)|Tiberius Claudius Nero]] |mother=Livia Drusilla |birth_date=November 16, 42&nbsp;BC |birth_place=[[Rome]] |death_date=March 16, AD&nbsp;37 (aged 77) |death_place=[[Misenum]] |burial_place= |}} '''Tiberius''' (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was the second [[Roman Emperor]]. He ruled from 14 CE to 37 CE.<ref>{{cite book |title=Selections from Greek and Roman historians |last=Robinson Jr. |first=C.A. |date= May 1964 |publisher=Holt, Rinehart and Winston |chapter=Introduction |pages=xxix}}</ref> He was the step-son of Caesar [[Augustus]]. Tiberius was one of Ancient Rome's greatest generals, whose campaigns protected the northern frontier. He reigned for 22 years, and the first part of his imperial work was excellent. Later, he came to be remembered as a dark, reclusive, and somber ruler. After the death of his son Drusus in 23, the quality of his rule declined and ended in terror. In 26, Tiberius moved from Rome to the Isle of [[Capri]], and left administration largely in the hands of his unscrupulous [[Praetorian Prefect]] [[Sejanus]]. Sejanus became the effective ruler of Rome, and [[plot]]ted against Tiberius, [[murder]]ing people who opposed him. When alerted, Tiberius counter-plotted to remove Sejanus from his official posit