 Instead his father had possibly died during the Second Punic War, since no further references exist to him.After serving in the army, Tiberius was elected tribune of the plebs c. 187 BC, in which capacity he is recorded as having saved Scipio Africanus Major from prosecution by interposing his veto.Tiberius was no friend nor political ally to Scipio, but felt that the general's services to Rome merited his release from the threat of trial.