Drusus (Germanicus's father)
Also known as: Claudius Drusus / Drusus the father of Germanicus · Family: Roman Empire · Role: military commander · First appears: Annals I (1)
In Annals I (1), Augustus dignified Drusus with high military titles and commands. He was the son of Livia, brother of Tiberius, and father of Germanicus; Agrippina regarded him as “the amiable Drusus her father-in-law.”
By Annals VI (7), Drusus had eclipsed Tiberius and possessed more eminently the hearts of the Roman People. In Annals II (1), Germanicus restored the altar erected to his father and performed with the legions the funeral ceremony in his honour.
Relationship record
Life events
- Germanicus restored Drusus's altar and performed the funeral ceremony honoring his father.(Annals II (1))
- With: Germanicus
- “As they had, however, thrown down the common tomb lately raised over the Varian legions, and the old altar erected to Drusus, he restored the altar; and performed in person with the legions the funeral ceremony of running courses to the honour of his father.”
Annals I (1)
- employer: Augustus “Even the sons of his wife, Tiberius Nero, and Claudius Drusus, he dignified with high military titles and commands”
- parent: Livia “Even the sons of his wife, Tiberius Nero, and Claudius Drusus”
- siblings with Tiberius “Even the sons of his wife, Tiberius Nero, and Claudius Drusus”
- child: Germanicus “Germanicus, the son of Drusus”
Annals I (10)
- child: Germanicus “he was himself the grandson of Livia, by her son Drusus, the brother of Tiberius;”
- siblings with Tiberius “he was himself the grandson of Livia, by her son Drusus, the brother of Tiberius;”
- parent: Livia “he was himself the grandson of Livia, by her son Drusus, the brother of Tiberius;”
Annals I (12)
- younger kin: Agrippina “the amiable Drusus her father-in-law”
- with Agrippina (Drusus is explicitly identified as Agrippina's father-in-law.) “the brave Agrippa her father; the mighty Augustus her grandfather; the amiable Drusus her father-in-law, herself celebrated for a fruitful bed, and of signal chastity;”
Annals I (13)
- child: Germanicus “Filled with this passion for the glory of Rome, I here invoke thy spirit now with the Gods, oh deified Augustus; and thy image interwoven in the ensigns, and thy memory, oh deceased father. Let thy revered spirit, oh Augustus, let thy loved image and memory, oh Drusus, still dear to these legions, vindicate them from this guilty stain,”
Annals II (1)
- child: Germanicus “Here he invoked his father ”
Annals II (7)
- child: Germanicus “that popular favour had proved malignant to his father Drusus;”
Annals II (14)
- child: Germanicus “truly had our fathers spoken concerning his father Drusus;”
Annals III (1)
- child: Germanicus “the superior honours and magnificence bestowed by Augustus on that of Drusus the father of Germanicus;”
Annals VI (7)
- siblings with Tiberius “His brother Drusus too eclipsed him, and possessed more eminently the hearts of the Roman People.”
- rivals with Tiberius “His brother Drusus too eclipsed him, and possessed more eminently the hearts of the Roman People.”
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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.