Drusus Caesar

This article is about the son of Germanicus. For the first cousin of Germanicus with the same name, see Drusus Julius Caesar.

For other uses, see Drusus and Julius Caesar.

Drusus Caesar
File:Statua virile in nudità eroica, forse di druso III figlio di germanico e agrippina maggiore, 1-50 dc ca, da roselle.JPG Possible statue of Drusus Caesar, from Roselle (Grosseto)
Born	AD 7
Died	AD 33
Burial	Mausoleum of Augustus
Spouse	Aemilia Lepida
House	Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Father	Germanicus
Mother	Agrippina the Elder

Roman imperial dynasties
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Chronology
Augustus		27 BC – 14 AD
Tiberius		14–37 AD
Caligula		37–41 AD
Claudius		41–54 AD
Nero		54–68 AD
Family
Gens Julia Gens Claudia Julio-Claudian family tree Category:Julio-Claudian dynasty
Succession
Preceded by Roman Republic		Followed by Year of the Four Emperors

Drusus Caesar (Latin: Drusus Julius Caesar Germanicus, AD 7 – AD 33) was a member of the Julio-Claudian or Imperial family of Ancient Rome. He was a son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. He was brother to Emperor Caligula, nephew to Emperor Claudius.

Drusus married Aemilia Lepida, daughter of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, his second cousin. Tacitus reports that during their marriage "she had pursued her husband with ceaseless accusations". In 36, she was charged with adultery with a slave and committed suicide, "since there was no question about her guilt" (Tacitus, Annals 6.40).

Drusus' paternal grandparents were Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor. His maternal grandparents were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. He was adopted by his paternal great-uncle Tiberius after Tiberius' own son, Julius Caesar Drusus, had died.

Drusus Caesar was later accused of plotting against Tiberius. He was exiled and imprisoned in 30, a year after his mother Agrippina the Elder and his brother Nero Caesar were arrested. He starved to death in prison in 33, reduced to chewing the stuffing of his bed (Annals 6.23).

His siblings included two brothers (Gaius Julius Caesar (Caligula) and Nero) and three sisters (Julia Livilla, Julia Drusilla, and Agrippina the Younger).

Ancestry

Family of Drusus Caesar

16. Drusus Claudius Nero I               8. Tiberius Claudius Nero                       17. Claudia               4. Nero Claudius Drusus                             18. Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus               9. Livia Drusilla                       19. Aufidia               2. Germanicus                                   20. Marcus Antonius Creticus               10. Mark Antony                       21. Julia Antonia               5. Antonia Minor                             22. Gaius Octavian               11. Octavia Minor                       23. Atia Balba Caesonia               1. Drusus Julius Caesar                                         12. Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa                       6. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa                             3. Agrippina the Elder                                   28. (=22.) Gaius Octavian               14. Augustus                       29. (=23.) Atia Balba Caesonia               7. Julia the Elder                             30. Lucius Scribonius Libo               15. Scribonia                       31. Sentia

External links

• Drusus genealogical profile