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.

Agrippina was the wife of the general and statesman Germanicus and a relative to the first Roman Emperors.

Germanicus was a popular general and politician.

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.

Germanicus was a candidate for future succession and had won fame campaigning in Germania and Gaul.

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 was unwise in her complaints about Germanicus ’ death to Tiberius.

A second memoir was about the fortunes of her mother ’ s family and the last memoir recorded the misfortunes ( casus suorum ) of the family of Agrippina and Germanicus.

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.

Agrippina was the first daughter and fourth living child of Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus.

Germanicus, Agrippina's father, was a very popular general and politician.

Germanicus ’ father, Drusus the Elder, was the second son of the Empress Livia Drusilla by her first marriage to praetor Tiberius Nero, and was the Emperor Tiberius ’ s younger brother and Augustus ’ s stepson.

Germanicus was a favorite of his great-uncle Augustus, who hoped that Germanicus would succeed his uncle Tiberius, who was Augustus's own adopted son and heir.

Pallas stated to the emperor that as Lucius was the grandson to Claudius's late brother Germanicus, by marrying Agrippina, Claudius would ally the two branches of the Claudian house and imperial family.

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.

When the Arch of Pavia was erected to honor the Imperial clan in 8, Claudius ' name ( now Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus after his elevation to paterfamilias of Claudii Nerones on the adoption of his brother ) was inscribed on the edge — past the deceased princes, Gaius and Lucius, and Germanicus ' children.

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.

A son, first named Tiberius Claudius Germanicus, and later known as Britannicus, was born just after Claudius ' accession.

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.

Drusilla was a first cousin of Roman General Germanicus and his brother the Roman Emperor Claudius and a second cousin of Roman Emperor Caligula, Roman Empress Agrippina the Younger, Roman Empress Valeria Messalina and Roman Emperor Nero.

The historians Tacitus and Cassius Dio depict an overweening, even domineering dowager, ready to interfere in Tiberius ’ decisions, the most notable instances being the case of Urgulania ( grandmother of Claudius's first wife Plautia Urgulanilla ), a woman who correctly assumed that her friendship with the empress placed her above the law, and Munatia Plancina, suspected of murdering Germanicus and saved at Livia's entreaty.

The Romans recoiled at first but then Germanicus initiated destructive campaigns against those Germans whom the Romans blamed for their defeat.

In the first years of the 1st century, Tiberius, his brother Drusus, and Germanicus conducted a long campaign in Germania, the area north of the Upper Danube and east of the Rhine, in an attempt at a further major expansion of the Empire's frontiers, and a shortening of its frontier line.

* Julia Drusilla, daughter of Germanicus, married first Lucius Cassius Longinus, and second Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.

The Battle of the Weser River, sometimes known as a first Battle of Minden, was fought in 16 AD between Roman legions commanded by Emperor Tiberius ' heir and adopted son Germanicus, and an alliance of Germanic tribes commanded by Arminius.

Tiberius's second wife was Julia the Elder, Marcus Agrippa's widow ( his first wife had been Vipsania, Agrippa's daughter by his first marriage ); Caesar Augustus adopted Tiberius on June 26, 4, whereupon Tiberius himself adopted his brother Drusus's son by Mark Antony's daughter, Germanicus Julius Caesar.

His mother ’ s maternal first cousin, the general Germanicus was in agreement with the local aristocracy, to crown Artaxias, as the new Armenian King.

Augustus ordered Tiberius to adopt Germanicus as his son and heir.

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.

In the year 9, Augustus ordered and forced Tiberius to adopt Germanicus, who happened to be Tiberius's nephew, as his son and heir.

After the death of Tiberius the new emperor Caligula ( the son of Claudius ' brother Germanicus ) recognized Claudius to be of some use.

Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Emperor Tiberius, was a very successful general and one of Rome's most beloved public figures.

" Caligula was loved by many for being the beloved son of the popular Germanicus, and because he was not Tiberius.

Germanicus was the grandson-in-law and great-nephew of the Emperor Augustus, nephew and adoptive son of the Emperor Tiberius, father of the Emperor Caligula, brother of the Emperor Claudius, and the maternal grandfather of the Emperor Nero.

However, Augustus compelled Tiberius to adopt Germanicus as a son and to name him as his heir ( see Tacitus, Annals IV. 57 ).

In 37, when Germanicus ’ only remaining son, Caligula, became emperor, he renamed September Germanicus in honor of his father.

He stayed true to Augustus ’ s plans for the succession and favored his adopted son Germanicus over his natural son, Drusus, as did the Roman populace.

With Germanicus dead, Tiberius began elevating his own son Drusus to replace him as the Imperial successor.

Thus, on the death of Tiberius, his adopted son, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, ascended to the throne.

Germanicus was also the adopted son of Tiberius.

They had two children, a son called Germanicus and a daughter whose name is unknown ( b. ca 55 ).

* Nero, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder ( d. 68 )

* Drusus Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder ( d. 33 )

* Drusus Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, adoptive son of Tiberius ( starvation )