In the Bible, Tiberius is mentioned by name only once, in Luke 3:1 (stating that John the Baptist entered on his public ministry in the fifteenth year of his reign). Did you know... A Praetorian prefect was a Roman magistrate, responsible for the imperial guard and the administration of...
Tibe'rius (Τιβέριος),in full, TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS NERO CASESAR, the Roman emperor, successor of Augustus, who began to reign A.D. 14, and reigned until 37. He was the son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia, and hence a stepson of Augustus. He was born at Rome Nov. 16...
Trachonitis.—This, like Ituræa, is mentioned here, and here only, in the Bible. It corresponds with the Argob ofDeuteronomy 3:14, and with the modernEl Lejah.Both the Hebrew and the Greek names point to the rocky character of the region with its caves and cliffs. It was conquer...