Drusilla

Family: Julio-Claudian · Role: mistress of Augustus · First appears: Augustus 69

Drusilla was the mistress of Augustus, who asked, “And do you take freedoms with Drusilla only?” In the account of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, she was one of their six surviving children, born among three daughters alongside Agrippina the Elder? Wait, Agrippina the Elder is mother, not daughter. Need say three daughters with Agrippina the Younger? Material says relationship Drusilla / Agrippina the Elder parent, but quote says three daughters Agrippina, Drusilla, Livilla, likely Agrippina the Younger. Yet names issue. Event lists with Agrippina the Younger. We can say "one of their six surviving children, alongside Agrippina the Younger, Livilla, Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar, and Caligula." This is supported event, though relationship says parent counterpart Agrippina Elder. Need include mother. Sentence: "She was a daughter of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder..." This names parent. Fine.

Then Caligula 24. "He is said..." Avoid judgment. "The account says..." Good. "with all his sisters" implies Agrippina and Livilla, but no need. "Caligula appointed her..." Then death and mourning.

Need not repeat quote maybe quote sibling would be telling but can paraphrase. Two paragraphs. Ensure no erroneous "three daughters alongside Agrippina the Younger" as event. Do.

Relationship record

Life events

• Six children survived Germanicus: Agrippina, Drusilla, Livilla, Nero, Drusus, and Caius Caesar.(Caligula 7)
  • With: Agrippina the Younger Livilla Nero Caesar (son of Germanicus) 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.”
• Caligula deflowered Drusilla.(Caligula 24)
  • With: Caligula
  • “It is believed, that he deflowered one of them, Drusilla, before he had assumed the robe of manhood”
• Caligula took Drusilla from Cassius Longinus and kept her as his wife.(Caligula 24)
  • With: Caligula Cassius Longinus
  • “When she was afterwards married to Cassius Longinus, a man of consular rank, he took her from him, and kept her constantly as if she were his lawful wife.”
• Caligula appointed Drusilla heiress to his estate and the empire.(Caligula 24)
  • With: Caligula
  • “In a fit of sickness, he by his will appointed her heiress both of his estate and the empire.”
• Drusilla died.(Caligula 24)
  • “After her death”
• Caligula ordered public mourning for Drusilla and imposed severe penalties during it.(Caligula 24)
  • With: Caligula
  • “After her death, he ordered a public mourning for her; during which it was capital for any person to laugh, use the bath, or sup with his parents, wife, or children.”

Augustus 69

• with Augustus (Adulterous or sexual relationship.) “And do you take freedoms with Drusilla only?”

Caligula 7

• parent: Germanicus “The rest survived their father; three daughters, Agrippina, Drusilla, and Livilla, who were born in three successive years”
• parent: Agrippina the Elder “Germanicus married Agrippina, the daughter of Marcus Agrippa and Julia, by whom he had nine children, two of whom died in their infancy, and another a few years after; a sprightly boy, whose effigy, in the character of a Cupid, Livia set up in the temple of Venus in the Capitol. Augustus also placed another statue of him in his bed-chamber, and used to kiss it as often as he entered the apartment. 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.”
• siblings with Livilla “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.”
• siblings with Nero Caesar (son of Germanicus) “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.”
• siblings with Drusus Caesar (son of Germanicus) “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.”
• siblings with 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.”

Caligula 24

• siblings with Caligula “He lived in the habit of incest with all his sisters; and at table, when much company was present, he placed each of them in turns below him, whilst his wife reclined above him. It is believed, that he deflowered one of them, Drusilla, before he had assumed the robe of manhood;”
• married with Cassius Longinus “When she was afterwards married to Cassius Longinus, a man of consular rank, he took her from him, and kept her constantly as if she were his lawful wife.”
• with Caligula (Incestuous sexual relationship.) “He lived in the habit of incest with all his sisters; and at table, when much company was present, he placed each of them in turns below him, whilst his wife reclined above him. It is believed, that he deflowered one of them, Drusilla, before he had assumed the robe of manhood;”

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