Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Drusus Julius Caesar (7 October c. 14 BC – 14 September AD 23), also called Drusus the Younger, was the son of Emperor Tiberius, and heir to the Roman Empire following the death of his adoptive brother Germanicus in AD 19. He was born at Rome to a prominent branch of the gens Claudia, the son of Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina.
Drusus Caesar [i] (c. AD 8 – 33) was the grandson by adoption and heir of the Roman emperor Tiberius, alongside his brother Nero. Born into the prominent Julio-Claudian dynasty , Drusus was the son of Tiberius' general and heir, Germanicus .
Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) was born into the Julian and Claudian branches of the Imperial family, thereby making him the first actual "Julio-Claudian" emperor. His father, Germanicus , was the son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor , the son of Livia and the daughter of Octavia Minor respectively.
The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the first dynasty of Roman emperors.All emperors of that dynasty descended from Julii Caesares and/or from Claudii.Marriages between descendants of Sextus Julius Caesar and Claudii had occurred from the late stages of the Roman Republic, but the intertwined Julio-Claudian family tree resulted mostly from adoptions and marriages in Imperial Rome's first decades.
Drusus the Elder 38–9 BC [5] Antonia Minor 36 BC–37 AD: Lucius Aemilius Paullus d. 14: Julia the Younger 19 BC–28 AD [6] Agrippina the Elder 14 BC–33 AD: Germanicus 16 BC–19 AD [7] Claudius 10 BC–54 AD r. 41–54 [7] Marcus Torquatus: Aemilia Lepida 4 BC–53 AD: Vespasian 9–79 r. 69–79: Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo 7–67: Milonia ...
Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19) was an ancient Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns against Arminius in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger , Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the patrician gens Claudia .
Drusus Julius Caesar the Younger, born Nero Claudius Drusus, married Claudia Livia Julia. Julia Livia, wife of (1) Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus, (2) Gaius Rubellius Blandus. Tiberius Julius Caesar Nero Gemellus, put to death by Caligula, circa AD 38. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Germanicus Gemellus, died AD 23.
Livilla was married twice, first in 1 BC to Gaius Caesar, Augustus' grandson and heir. Thus, Augustus had chosen Livilla as the wife of the future emperor. This splendid royal marriage probably gave Livilla grand aspirations for her future, perhaps at the expense of the ambition of Augustus' granddaughters, Agrippina the Elder and Julia the Younger.