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Germanicus held several military commands, leading the army in the campaigns in Pannonia and Dalmatia.
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Germanicus and military
During the military campaigns, Agrippina accompanied Germanicus with their children.
His most significant military contribution was the development of the Limes Germanicus, which encompassed a vast network of roads, forts and watchtowers constructed along the Rhine river to defend the Empire.
Germanicus became immensely popular among the citizens of Rome, who enthusiastically celebrated his military victories.
On Tiberius ' request, Germanicus was granted proconsular power and assumed command in the prime military zone of Germania, where he suppressed the mutiny there and led the formerly restless legions on campaigns against Germanic tribes from 14 to 16 AD.
* Emperor Tiberius sends Germanicus to the east in order to lead a military campaign against Parthia.
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus ( 14 January 38 BC – 14 September 9 BC ), born Decimus Claudius Drusus also called Drusus, Drusus I, Nero Drusus, or Drusus the Elder was a Roman politician and military commander.
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 entrance to the piazza was marked by one of three large marble arches erected in honor of Germanicus, engraved with records of his military conquests.
Germanicus and leading
The death of Germanicus in what can only be described as dubious circumstances greatly affected Tiberius ' popularity in Rome, leading to the creation of a climate of fear in Rome itself.
The Romans under Augustus began to conquer and defeat the peoples of Germania Magna in 12 BC, having the Legati ( generals ) Germanicus and Tiberius leading the Legions.
She was born on Lesbos Island, one of the many Greek islands, during her parents ' grand tour of the eastern Mediterranean, leading Germanicus to his command base in the imperial province of Syria for the maius imperium given to him by Tiberius over the territory east of the Adriatic Sea.
Germanicus and army
In spite of doubts on the part of his uncle, Emperor Tiberius, Germanicus managed to raise another huge army and invaded Germany again the next year, in 16.
Germanicus ' leadership and command qualities were shown in full at the battle as his superior tactics and better trained and equipped legions inflicted huge casualties on the German army with only minor losses.
With his main objectives reached and with winter approaching Germanicus ordered his army back to their winter camps, with the fleet occasioning some damage by a storm in the North Sea.
* A Roman army of 50, 000 men commanded by Germanicus gains a great victory at Idistaviso, defeating the German war chief Arminius and recovering the lost eagles of Varus ' legions.
* Germanicus employs North Sea fleet to avoid dangerous rivers, embarking an army in the Rhine delta aboard circa 1, 000 ships.
Under Germanicus, the Romans marched another army, along with allied Germanic auxiliaries, into Germania again in 16 CE.
With his main objectives reached and winter approaching, Germanicus ordered his army back to their winter camps, with the fleet incurring some damage from a storm in the North Sea.
It was presumably there that, on 15 October 172, he was given the victory title Germanicus, in the presence of the army.
On the other hand, the Treveri supplied the Roman army with some of its most famous cavalry, and the city of Augusta Treverorum was home for a time to the family of Germanicus, including the future emperor Gaius ( Caligula ).
When the Roman army under the command of Publius Quinctilius Varus suffered their disastrous defeat at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest in 9 AD, they remained uncommemorated until Germanicus and his troops located the battlefield a few years later and made a funeral mound for their remains.
Germanicus and campaigns
Her practice of accompanying Germanicus on campaigns was considered inappropriate, and her tendency to take command in these situations was viewed with suspicion as subversively masculine.
The first Batavi commander we know of is named Chariovalda, who led a charge across the Visurgin ( Weser ) against the Cherusci led by Arminius during the campaigns of Germanicus in Germania Transrhenana.
As a boy of just two or three, Gaius accompanied his father, Germanicus, on campaigns in the north of Germania.
The Romans recoiled at first but then Germanicus initiated destructive campaigns against those Germans whom the Romans blamed for their defeat.
Caligula's mother Agrippina the Elder often accompanied her husband Germanicus on his campaigns in northern Germania, and the emperor Claudius was born in Gaul for this reason.
* 14 / 15 – Germanicus campaigns against the Germanic tribes
Tacitus states that while Drusus Germanicus was daring in his campaigns against the Germanic tribes, he was unable to reach this region, and that subsequently no one had yet made the attempt.
During the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius and Claudius, and particularly when Drusus and Germanicus were active in Gaul, Augusta Treverorum rose to considerable importance as a base and supply centre for campaigns in Germany.
Caligula's agnomen came from the little boots he wore as part of his miniature soldier's uniform while accompanying his father Germanicus on campaigns in northern Germania.
Germanicus and Pannonia
While his adopted son Germanicus restored order in Germania, Tiberius ' biological son Drusus was sent to quell the uprising in Pannonia, accompanied by Sejanus and two Praetorian cohorts.
* 6 / 9 – Rebellions in Pannonia and Dalmatia suppressed by Germanicus
Germanicus and .
Also during his reign the governor of Upper Germany, probably Caius Popillius Carus Pedo, built new fortifications in the Agri Decumates, advancing the Limes Germanicus fifteen miles forward in his province and neighboring Raetia.
Although Dio is the earliest writer to mention them, Ammianus Marcellinus used the name to refer to Germans on the Limes Germanicus in the time of Trajan's governorship of the province shortly after it was formed, circa 98 / 99.
The Limes Germanicus AD 83 to 260.
Agrippina was the wife of the general and statesman Germanicus and a relative to the first Roman Emperors.
Between 1 BC-5, Agrippina married her second maternal cousin Germanicus.
Germanicus was the first son born to Antonia Minor and Nero Claudius Drusus.
Germanicus was a popular general and politician.
Augustus ordered Tiberius to adopt Germanicus as his son and heir.
Germanicus was always favored by his great uncle and hoped that he would succeed Tiberius, who had been adopted by Augustus as his heir and successor.
Agrippina and Germanicus were devoted to each other.
Agrippina and Germanicus in their union had nine children, of whom three died young.
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.
Germanicus was a candidate for future succession and had won fame campaigning in Germania and Gaul.
Agrippina had reminded Germanicus on occasion of his relation to Augustus.
Agrippina landing at Brundisium with the ashes of Germanicus, ( 1768, Benjamin West, oil on canvas ). In art, Agrippina has served as a symbol of marital devotion and fidelity.
Agrippina and Germanicus travelled to the Middle East in 19, incurring the displeasure of Tiberius.
Germanicus quarreled with Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, the governor of Syria and died in Antioch in mysterious circumstances.
It was widely suspected that Germanicus had been poisoned or perhaps on the orders of Tiberius, with Agrippina believing he was assassinated.
Agrippina was in grief when Germanicus died.
She returned with her children to Italy with Germanicus ’ ashes.
She returned to Rome to avenge his death and boldly accused Piso of the murder of Germanicus.
Her remaining children were raised between her, Livia Drusilla and Germanicus ’ mother Antonia Minor.
She was unwise in her complaints about Germanicus ’ death to Tiberius.
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