File:Tiberius bust from Hercolaneum.jpg

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Ritratto su erma dell'imperatore Tiberio
Dimensions h 56 cm
National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy
Current location
depositi del Museo
Accession number
6043
Credit line Herculaneum, area urbana
References AA.VV. Ercolano, Tre secoli di scoperte, Electa Napoli 2008, pag. 257, nr. 34
Source/Photographer G. Ferraro, The Women of the Caesars, New York 1911]

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  • Portrait of the emperor Tiberius, (h. cm 56), found in Herculaneum in the suburban area, now in the the Pompeian Collections in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples), inv. nr. 6043. Tiberius, elder son of Livia and stepson of Augustus. Augustus, lacking a male heir, first adopted his younger stepson Drusus, who died 9 B.C. owing to a fall from his horse. In 4 A.D. he adopted Tiberius, and was succeeded by him as Emperor in 14 A.D.
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Source G. Ferrero, The Women of the Caesars, New York, 1911.
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