<Tr> <Th> Mother </Th> <Td> Livia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Religion </Th> <Td> ancient Roman religion </Td> </Tr> <P> Tiberius (/ taɪˈbɪəriəs /; Latin: Tiberius Caesar Divi Augusti filius Augustus; 16 November 42 BC--16 March 37 AD) was Roman emperor from 14 AD to 37 AD, succeeding the first emperor, Augustus . </P> <P> Born to Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla in a Claudian family, he was given the personal name Tiberius Claudius Nero . His mother divorced Nero and married Octavian--later to ascend to Emperor as Augustus--who officially became his stepfather . Tiberius would later marry Augustus' daughter (from his marriage to Scribonia), Julia the Elder, and even later be adopted by Augustus . Through the adoption, he officially became a Julian, assuming the name Tiberius Julius Caesar . The emperors after Tiberius would continue this blended dynasty of both families for the following thirty years; historians have named it the Julio - Claudian dynasty . In relations to the other emperors of this dynasty, Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus, grand - uncle of Caligula, paternal uncle of Claudius, and great - grand uncle of Nero . His 22 - and - a-half - year reign would be the longest after Augustus's until Antoninus Pius, who surpassed his reign by a few months . </P>

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