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Message:: [QUOTE="stevex6, post: 2023360, member: 44183"]The ascension to the throne, and the reign of Tiberius Claudius Nero, were both typical and predictably self-serving. He was born in Fondi, Italy, on November 16, 42 BC to Livia Drusilla and Tiberius Claudius Nero, head of the Claudii family. His father was a strong supporter of the old Roman Republic, and opposed the Triumvirate. At first, Tiberius sided with Marc Antony and went to join Antony’s brother in Perusia, taking Livia and the younger Tiberius with him. By the time they arrived, Octavian’s forces had already taken the city and they were forced to flee. In 40 BC, the elder Tiberius took up arms against the Triumvirate, having joined with Sextus Pompey, and lost a battle against Octavian, forcing him to flee to Achaea to join Marc Antony, until the following year. Tiberius and family finally returned to Rome and in 38 BC, Octavian forced Tiberius to divorce Livia so he could marry her himself, even though she was pregnant with her second child, who would be Nero Claudius Drusus. Tiberius attended the wedding and gave away Livia to Octavian, and took his now two sons, the younger having just been born, back to his estate to raise them. The elder Tiberius died in 33 BC and the younger Tiberius and his brother went to live with their mother and stepfather. Read more from [/QUOTE]