Drusus the Younger

Also known as: Drusus / Drusus (son of Tiberius) · Family: Julio-Claudian house · Role: son of Tiberius · First appears: Augustus 100

During the reign of Augustus, Drusus was named an heir in remainder alongside Germanicus, receiving one third while Germanicus and his three sons received the rest. He was the son of Tiberius and Vipsania Agrippina—“After having by her his son Drusus”—and Tiberius later parted from Vipsania Agrippina to marry Julia.

Under Tiberius, Drusus was present when Lucius Scribonius Libo sought a private conference, which Tiberius would grant only if Drusus attended. He married Livilla and had a daughter, Julia, while his brother Germanicus also died during their father’s lifetime. Drusus died at Rome after being poisoned through the contrivance of Livilla and Sejanus, and Tiberius showed little affectedness at his death; Tiberius later had by Drusus a son named Tiberius Gemellus.

Relationship record

Life events

• Augustus appointed Drusus and Germanicus as heirs in remainder.(Augustus 101)
  • With: Augustus Germanicus
  • “The heirs in remainder were Drusus, Tiberius’s son, for one third, and Germanicus with his three sons for the residue.”
• Tiberius and Agrippina had a son, Drusus.(Tiberius 7)
  • With: Tiberius
  • “After having by her his son Drusus”
• Drusus died at Rome.(Tiberius 39 · 📍 Rome)
  • “Drusus at Rome”
• Drusus died, and Tiberius showed little affectedness at his death.(Tiberius 52)
  • With: Tiberius
  • “Offended at the vices of the former, who was of a loose disposition and led a dissolute life, he was not much affected at his death”
• Drusus was poisoned through the contrivance of Livilla and Sejanus.(Tiberius 62)
  • With: Livilla Sejanus
  • “finding that he had been poisoned by the contrivance of his wife Livilla and Sejanus”

Augustus 100

• parent: Tiberius “the other before the rostra, under the old shops, by Drusus, Tiberius’s son”

Augustus 101

• parent: Tiberius “The heirs in remainder were Drusus, Tiberius’s son, for one third, and Germanicus with his three sons for the residue.”

Tiberius 7

• parent: Tiberius “After having by her his son Drusus, he was obliged to part with her”
• parent: Vipsania Agrippina “After having by her his son Drusus, he was obliged to part with her, though she retained his affection, and was again pregnant, to make way for marrying Augustus’s daughter Julia.”

Tiberius 15

• parent: Tiberius “Upon his return to Rome, having introduced his son Drusus into the forum, he immediately removed from Pompey’s house, in the Carinae, to the gardens of Mecaenas, on the Esquiline, and resigned himself entirely to his ease, performing only the common offices of civility in private life, without any preferment in the government.”

Tiberius 25

• parent: Lucius Scribonius Libo (Drusus is explicitly identified as Libo’s son.) “For upon Libo’s attending a sacrifice amongst the high-priests, instead of the usual knife, he ordered one of lead to be given him; and when he desired a private conference with him, he would not grant his request, but on condition that his son Drusus should be present;”

Tiberius 39

• parent: Tiberius (Tiberius is the antecedent of “his.”) “after the loss of his two sons, of whom Germanicus died in Syria, and Drusus at Rome”
• siblings with Germanicus “after the loss of his two sons, of whom Germanicus died in Syria, and Drusus at Rome”

Tiberius 52

• parent: Tiberius “He entertained no paternal affection either for his own son Drusus, or his adopted son Germanicus.”
• siblings with Germanicus “He entertained no paternal affection either for his own son Drusus, or his adopted son Germanicus.”

Tiberius 54

• parent: Tiberius “by his son Drusus one, named Tiberius”
• child: Tiberius Gemellus “by his son Drusus one, named Tiberius”

Tiberius 62

• parent: Tiberius “the death of his son Drusus”
• married with Livilla “he had been poisoned by the contrivance of his wife Livilla and Sejanus”
• enemies with Livilla “he had been poisoned by the contrivance of his wife Livilla and Sejanus”
• enemies with Sejanus “he had been poisoned by the contrivance of his wife Livilla and Sejanus”

Tiberius 76

• child: Tiberius Gemellus “He appointed his two grandsons, Caius by Germanicus, and Tiberius by Drusus, joint heirs to his estate;”

Claudius 29

• child: Julia (daughter of Drusus) “the two Julias, the daughters of Drusus and Germanicus”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.