Nero Caesar (son of Germanicus)

Also known as: Nero / Nero Caesar · Family: Julio-Claudian · Role: grandson of Tiberius · First appears: Tiberius 54

Nero was one of the sons of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, and the elder brother of Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus). He was also a brother of Caligula, Drusilla, and Livilla, and a grandson of Tiberius. Domitius was his father.

Under Tiberius, Nero and Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus) were commended to the senate and solemnly introduced into the forum, where money was distributed among the people. Tiberius later accused them of scandalous vices in a letter to the senate; they were declared public enemies, and Nero was starved to death on the island of Ponza.

The family account records Nero among the six children who survived Germanicus, alongside Agrippina the Younger, Drusilla, Livilla, Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus), and Caligula. Lucius Vitellius is also connected with Nero through the account of his excessive flattery toward Caligula.

Relationship record

Life events

• Tiberius commended Nero and Drusus to the senate and solemnly introduced them into the forum.(Tiberius 54 · 📍 the forum)
  • With: Tiberius Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus)
  • “he commended Nero and Drusus, the two eldest sons of Germanicus, to the senate; and at their being solemnly introduced into the forum, distributed money among the people.”
• Tiberius accused Nero and Drusus of scandalous vices in a letter to the senate.(Tiberius 54)
  • With: Tiberius Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus)
  • “he charged them with it in a letter to the senate; at the same time accusing them, in the bitterest terms, of the most scandalous vices.”
• Nero and Drusus were declared enemies by the senate.(Tiberius 54)
  • With: Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus)
  • “Upon their being declared enemies by the senate”
• Tiberius starved Nero to death on the island of Ponza.(Tiberius 54 · 📍 the island of Ponza)
  • With: Tiberius
  • “he starved them to death; Nero in the island of Ponza”
• Six children survived Germanicus: Agrippina, Drusilla, Livilla, Nero, Drusus, and Caius Caesar.(Caligula 7)
  • With: Agrippina the Younger Drusilla Livilla Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus) Caligula
  • “The rest survived their father; three daughters, Agrippina, Drusilla, and Livilla, who were born in three successive years; and as many sons, Nero, Drusus, and Caius Caesar.”
• Nero and Drusus were declared public enemies following Tiberius's accusation.(Caligula 7)
  • With: Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus) Tiberius
  • “Nero and Drusus, at the accusation of Tiberius, were declared public enemies.”