would be succeeded by Germanicus' son Gaius. Germanicus was also the brother of the fourth emperor, Claudius, and the grandfather of the fifth emperor, Nero...
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The Death of Germanicus is a painting made in 1627 by Nicolas Poussin for Francesco Barberini. It is kept at the Minneapolis Institute of Art. The painting...
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In the year AD 9, Augustus ordered and forced Tiberius to adopt Germanicus, who happened to be Tiberius's nephew, as his son and heir. Germanicus was...
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Nero Julius Caesar (redirect from Nero (son of Germanicus))
dynasty, Nero was the son of Tiberius' general and heir, Germanicus. After the deaths of his father and of Tiberius' son, Drusus the Younger, Nero and...
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Claudius (redirect from Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
into the Julii Caesares in AD 9. Germanicus kept the and the victory Germanicus as a praenomen, becoming Germanicus Julius Caesar. His son, Caligula,...
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known to have traveled with Germanicus throughout his career, taking her children wherever they went. In AD 14, Germanicus was deployed in Gaul as a governor...
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Nero (redirect from Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus)
Germanicus (/ˈnɪəroʊ/ NEER-oh; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68) was a Roman emperor and the final emperor of the Julio-Claudian...
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Tiberius (redirect from Reign of Tiberius)
nephew, the able and popular Germanicus, as heir. On Augustus's death in 14, Tiberius became princeps at the age of 55. He seems to have taken on the responsibilities...
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Drusus Julius Caesar (redirect from Drusus the Younger)
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....
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Nicolas Poussin (category 1665 deaths)
individual style in works such as The Death of Germanicus, The Massacre of the Innocents, and the first of his two series of the Seven Sacraments. He was persuaded...
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Drusus Caesar (redirect from Drusus Julius Caesar Germanicus)
dynasty, Drusus was the son of Tiberius' general and heir, Germanicus. After the deaths of his father and of Tiberius' son, Drusus the Younger, Drusus and...
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Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (consul 7 BC) (category Augurs of the Roman Empire)
letter from Germanicus renouncing their friendship (amicitia). On 10 October, Germanicus died from the illness. Upon hearing of Germanicus' death, he returned...
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Caligula (redirect from Gaius Caesar Germanicus)
41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus' granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire...
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Julii Caesares (redirect from Family of Julius Caesar)
Nero Germanicus, who became Germanicus Julius Caesar; their children also became part of the Julia gens. The line draws to a close with the death of Germanicus'...
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Livilla (redirect from Livilla (sister of Claudius))
was the only daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor and sister to Roman Emperor Claudius and general Germanicus, and thus paternal aunt of emperor...
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Vitellius (redirect from Aulus Vitellius Germanicus)
Year of the Four Emperors. Vitellius added the honorific Germanicus to his name instead of Caesar upon his accession. Like his predecessor, Otho, Vitellius...
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Munatia Plancina (category 33 deaths)
prepared the poison to be used to kill Germanicus. As Germanicus was dying (10 October 19 AD) he was said to have suspected Piso and his wife of having...
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Nero Claudius Drusus (redirect from Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus)
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (38–9 BC), commonly known in English as Drusus the Elder, was a Roman politician and military commander. He was a patrician...
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The Limes Germanicus (Latin for Germanic frontier), or 'Germanic Limes', is the name given in modern times to a line of frontier (limes) fortifications...
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Sejanus (category 31 deaths)
responsible for the death of Germanicus. The climate was further poisoned by the hatred that Tiberius's mother Livia Drusilla (the widow of Augustus) felt...
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Julio-Claudian dynasty (redirect from Fall of the Julio-Claudian)
father, Germanicus, was the son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, the son of Livia and the daughter of Octavia Minor respectively. Germanicus was...
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celebrating the defeat of fellow Romans. Tiberius quashed plans for an altar to Ultio to mark the successful prosecutions in the death of Germanicus. According...
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command. Campaigns of Germanicus and A. Caecina Severus in 14-16 AD Military action in 14 AD Campaigns in 15 AD Operations in 16 AD Germanicus' campaign had...
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The legendary rape of the Sabine women is the subject of two oil paintings by Nicolas Poussin. The first version was painted in Rome about 1634 or 1635...
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BC – 37 AD) Germanicus Julius Caesar (15 BC – 19 AD) Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus (6 AD – 30 AD), no issue Drusus Julius Caesar Germanicus (8 AD – 33...
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Annals (Tacitus) (redirect from The Annals of Tacitus)
from its year-by-year structure. The name of the current manuscript seems to be "Books of History from the Death of the Divine Augustus" (Ab Excessu divi...
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the Louvre, Paris. The work is regarded as one of Poussin's most ambitious. Scene: a rocky desert, with high cliffs and trees on each side, and the tents...
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at Brundisium with the Ashes of Germanicus is a 1768 painting by Anglo-American artist Benjamin West, depicting widow Agrippina the Elder arriving at Brundisium...
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on the right. The scene is set in the early morning, with Aurora, goddess of dawn, preceding the chariot of Apollo the sun-god in the sky behind; the Hours...
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I, Claudius (redirect from Claudius the God)
refuse to accept the unpopular Tiberius and begin to mutiny, instead declaring Germanicus emperor. Shocked and confused, Germanicus refuses, declaring...
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