Drusus (son of Germanicus)

Family: Roman imperial household · Role: son of Germanicus · First appears: Annals IV (2)

Drusus, son of Germanicus and sibling of Nero, belonged to the Roman imperial household. In Annals IV (2), he was among the great-grandchildren of Augustus whom Germanicus desired to place under protection and tuition. After being bereft of their father, Drusus and Nero were entrusted to their uncle Drusus (Tiberius's son), who was asked to rear and nourish them as his own, while Tiberius lamented.

By Annals IV (11), Sejanus was already preparing measures for Drusus’s future destruction. In Annals VI (4), letters from Actius and Didymus identified the slaves deliberately set to abuse and provoke Drusus, including the parts they had been instructed to play.

Relationship record

Annals IV (2)

parent: Germanicus “and desired that, ”
siblings with Nero “and desired that, ”
elder kin: Augustus “receive into your protection, take under your tuition the great-grandchildren of Augustus; children, descended from ancestors the most glorious in the State:”
elder kin: Drusus (Tiberius's son) “these infants, bereft of their father, I committed to their uncle; and besought him that, though he had issue of his own, he would rear and nourish them no otherwise than as the immediate offspring of his blood;”
guardian: Drusus (Tiberius's son) “these infants, bereft of their father, I committed to their uncle; and besought him that, though he had issue of his own, he would rear and nourish them no otherwise than as the immediate offspring of his blood;”
elder kin: Tiberius “He then lamented ”

Annals IV (11)

siblings with Nero “who had also drawn his brother Drusus into the combination, by tempting him with the immediate prospect of Empire, if his elder brother, already sinking, were once set effectually aside.”
enemies with Sejanus “However, Sejanus did not so far favour Drusus, but that against him too he was even then ripening the studied measures of future destruction;”

Annals VI (4)

elder kin: Tiberius (Tiberius is identified as Drusus's grandfather.) “Tiberius not satiated with the death of Drusus, even after death pursued him with cruel invectives, and, in a letter to the Senate, charged him with ”
with Actius (Actius reported the abuse and provocation inflicted on Drusus.) “were it not for the letters of Actius the Centurion, and Didymus the Freedman; who in them declare, particularly, the names of the slaves set purposely to abuse and provoke Drusus, with the several parts they acted;”
with Didymus (Didymus reported the abuse and provocation inflicted on Drusus.) “were it not for the letters of Actius the Centurion, and Didymus the Freedman; who in them declare, particularly, the names of the slaves set purposely to abuse and provoke Drusus, with the several parts they acted;”

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Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.