Tiberius Claudius Nero, *Cicero's choice for the hand of *Tullia (2) in 50 bce, was quaestor 48 and commanded *Caesar's fleet in the Alexandrian War (see bellum alexandrinum). In 46 he was entrusted with the settlement of veterans in Narbonese Gaul (see Gaul (transalpine)). In 44, however, he proposed that Caesar's murderers should be rewarded. Praetor 41, he supported L. *Antonius (Pietas) against *Octavian, and took part in the defence of *Perusia. Early in 40 he escaped, attempted in vain to procure a slave-rising in *Campania, and joined *Sextus Pompeius in Sicily with his wife *Livia Drusilla and infant son *Tiberius, the future emperor. Later, disagreeing with Sextus, he joined Antony in Greece, and returned to Rome after the Pact of Misenum (39). In January 38 Octavian persuaded him to divorce Livia so that he might marry her himself. His second son Nero *Claudius Drusus was born three months after the marriage.
