Thucydides
A celebrated Greek historian born at Athens. He wrote a history of the events connected with the Peloponnesian war. He died at Athens in his eightieth year, B. C. 391.
Tiberis (Tiber or Tevere). The chief river in Central Italy, on which stood the city of Rome. It is said to have been originally called Albula, from the whiteness of its waters, and to have received the name of Tiberis in consequence of Tiberinus, king of Alba, having been drowned in it. Pliny claims that it rises in the Apennines above Arretium.
Tiberius, Claudius Nero. A Roman emperor descended from the Claudii. In his early years he entertained the people with magnificent shows and gladiatorial exhibitions, which made him popular. At a later period of his life he retired to the island of Capreae, where he indulged in vice and debauchery. He died aged 'seventy-eight, after a reign of twenty-two years.
Tibullus, Aulus Albius. A Roman knight celebrated for his poetical compositions. His favorite occupation was writing love-poems.
Four books of elegies are all that remain of his compositions.