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Germanicus Julius Caesar ( 24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19 ), commonly known as Germanicus, was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and a prominent general of the early Roman Empire.
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Germanicus and Julius
The six children who survived to adulthood were the sons: Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar and Caligula born as Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus and the daughters Julia Agrippina or Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla.
According to Suetonius who had cited from Pliny the Elder, Agrippina had borne to Germanicus, a son called Gaius Julius Caesar who had a lovable character.
After Tiberius ' adoption by Augustus, Tiberius was required to adopt Germanicus, thus giving the Julius nomen to the members of Caligula's family.
Thus, on the death of Tiberius, his adopted son, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, ascended to the throne.
* Germanicus Julius Caesar, commander in chief of the Roman legions in the East and beloved by the legionaries, dies of poisoning.
* Agrippina the Elder accuses Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso of having assassinated her husband Germanicus Julius Caesar in Antioch.
As Firmicus says that hardly any Roman except ' Caesar ' ( by whom he almost certainly means Germanicus Caesar rather than Julius Caesar ), Cicero and Fronto had treated the subject, it is probable that he did not know the work of Manilius.
* Drusus Julius ( D. f .) D. n. Caesar ( Drusus Caesar ), son of Germanicus, imprisoned and put to death by Tiberius in AD 33.
* Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, son of Germanicus, better known as Caligula, emperor from AD 37 to 41.
* Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus, a grandson of Pompey who in AD 16 was charged with plotting against Tiberius, Germanicus, and Drusus Julius Caesar
Germanicus and Caesar
Lucius ’ name was changed to Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus and he became Claudius ’ s adopted son, heir and recognised successor.
Claudius ( Latin: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54 ) was Roman Emperor from 41 to 54.
As judged by the carved titles of Caesar, Augustus and Germanicus, the related march took place between 84 AD and 96 AD.
Nero ( Latin: Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ; 15 December 37 – 9 June 68 ) was Roman Emperor from 54 to 68, and the last in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
To aid Claudius politically, young Nero was adopted in 50 and took the name Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus ( see adoption in Rome ).
Claudius died in 54 and Nero, taking the name Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, was established as Emperor.
Vitellius was the first to add the honorific cognomen Germanicus to his name instead of Caesar upon his accession ; the latter name had fallen into disrepute in many quarters because of the actions of Nero.
Germanicus and May
* May 26 – Germanicus returns to Rome as conquering hero, he celebrates a triumph for his victories over the Cherusci, Chatti and other German tribes west of the Elbe.
With Roman honour avenged, Tiberius called an end to the costly military campaigns in northern Germania and ordered Germanicus to return to Rome, where he was granted a Triumph by Tiberius on May 26, AD 17.
The war between the Roman Empire and the northern German tribes continued, and in May 15 AD Thusnelda became the prisoner of Germanicus, the nephew of Emperor Tiberius, who commanded the invasion of Germany.
On May 26, 17 AD, Thusnelda and her son were displayed as prized trophies in Germanicus ' triumphant parade in Rome — with her father watching from the stands.
Finally, on May 26 of the year 17, Germanicus celebrated a triumph for his victory over lower Germany and his uncle sent him off to the east.
Germanicus and 15
For example, in AD 15 Germanicus was proclaimed Imperator during the reign of his adoptive father Tiberius.
* Agrippina the Younger or Julia Agrippina ( 15 – 59 ), daughter of Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus, wife of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and later Claudius, mother of Nero
It was presumably there that, on 15 October 172, he was given the victory title Germanicus, in the presence of the army.
Germanicus later, in 15, raided their lands in revenge, but Rome eventually responded to the Chatti's belligerent defense of their independence by building the limes border fortifications along the southern boundary of their lands in central Hesse during the early years of the 1st century.
In 15 AD Germanicus was also imperator during the empire ( see below ) of his adoptive father Tiberius.
In the year before the battle, 15 AD, Germanicus had marched against the Chatti and then against the Cherusci under Arminius.
Segestes openly turned against Arminius when Germanicus invaded northern Germany in 15 AD in a renewed attempt to establish Roman rule in the area.
In the years 15 and 16, Germanicus carried out several fleet operations along the rivers Rhine and Ems, without permanent results due to grim Germanic resistance and a disastrous storm.
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