Saturday, July 7, 2012

Calculating Tiberius' Birth, Reign, and Death

I think there was some miscalculation done as to how old Tiberius was when he died.

Born 42 BC

Died 37 AD

Reigned - 14 AD to 37 AD

Year 42 BC - 1 BC
Age 1 - 42

Year 1 AD - 14 AD
Age 43 - 57

37 - 14 = 23

57 + 23 = 80

Year 37 AD
Age 80

According to the Math I did Tiberius should have been 57 when he became Emperor of Rome and died at age 80, but according to Wikipedia it say's the following:

"Born 16 November 42 BC

Died 16 March AD 37 (aged 77)" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius_Julius_Caesar_Augustus

What I noticed that I had to pay attention to was that there was a 1 BC and a 1 AD which were different years, because I almost thought that Tiberius becomes Emperor at age 56 until I noticed I had to pay attention to the fact that there is a 1 BC and a 1 AD.

I need to keep studying this further and make sure I'm doing the Math right though...

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