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... Tiberius and , as originally written , ended with Nero's death . braced a period of 54 years , from A.D. 14 to 68 ... Tiberius , of the family connections of Augustus , and of the early career of Tiberius himself . The introductory ...
... Tiberius and , as originally written , ended with Nero's death . braced a period of 54 years , from A.D. 14 to 68 ... Tiberius , of the family connections of Augustus , and of the early career of Tiberius himself . The introductory ...
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... Tiberius commanded in Germany , and led his troops in B.C. 7 across the Rhine into the country already half conquered by Drusus . In this campaign , however , he did not accomplish very much . Soon afterwards Domitius Aenobarbus , the ...
... Tiberius commanded in Germany , and led his troops in B.C. 7 across the Rhine into the country already half conquered by Drusus . In this campaign , however , he did not accomplish very much . Soon afterwards Domitius Aenobarbus , the ...
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... Tiberius . He had thus missed one great opportunity , and now , strange to say , he missed another . The news which recalled Tiberius was that Pannonia and Dalmatia were in revolt . It was three years before it could be quelled . Not ...
... Tiberius . He had thus missed one great opportunity , and now , strange to say , he missed another . The news which recalled Tiberius was that Pannonia and Dalmatia were in revolt . It was three years before it could be quelled . Not ...
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... Tiberius , who was now his adopted son and his recog- nised heir , once more to take the command on the German frontier . The young Germanicus accompanied Tiberius . New levies had to be raised , and it was long before a cam- paign ...
... Tiberius , who was now his adopted son and his recog- nised heir , once more to take the command on the German frontier . The young Germanicus accompanied Tiberius . New levies had to be raised , and it was long before a cam- paign ...
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... Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus . His father was Tiberius Claudius Nero ; his mother Livia Drusilla , the daughter of Livius Drusus Claudianus , a Claudius who had been adopted into the Livian family . Subsequently , as empress ...
... Tiberius was the stepson of Augustus . His father was Tiberius Claudius Nero ; his mother Livia Drusilla , the daughter of Livius Drusus Claudianus , a Claudius who had been adopted into the Livian family . Subsequently , as empress ...
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