The five Julio-Claudian emperors were Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. They ruled for the first several decades of the Roman Empire. What did the Julio-Claudian emperors do? The Julio-Claudian emperors expanded the borders of Rome and established new institutions. They also ex...
Tiberius Cæsar.—He had succeeded Augustus A.D. 14, so that we get the date A.D. 29 for the commencement of the Baptist’s ministry. The history of his rule lies outside the scope of this Commentary; but the rise of the city Tiberias, and the new name—the sea of Tiberias—gi...