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Nero Julius Caesar (c. AD 6–31) was the adopted grandson and heir of the Roman emperor Tiberius, alongside his brother Drusus. Born into the prominent Julio-Claudian dynasty , Nero was the son of Tiberius' general and heir, Germanicus .
Tiberius was adopted in 26 June as full son and heir, [35] and in turn he was required to adopt his nephew Germanicus, the son of his brother Nero Claudius Drusus and Augustus's niece Antonia Minor. [ 33 ] [ 36 ] Along with his adoption, Tiberius received tribunician power as well as a share of Augustus's maius imperium , something that even ...
Tiberius Claudius Nero (c. 82 – 33 BCE) was a Roman politician, senator, and praetor who lived in the 1st century BC.. Nero was notable for being the first husband of Livia Drusilla, before she divorced him to marry the future emperor Augustus, as well as being the biological father of the second Roman emperor Tiberius.
After Caligula's death, Claudius became the new emperor. Nero's mother married Claudius in AD 49, becoming his fourth wife. [a] [3] On 25 February AD 50, [b] Claudius was pressured to adopt Nero as his son, giving him the new name of "Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus". [c] [11] Claudius had gold coins issued to mark the adoption. [12]
Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19) was an ancient Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns against Arminius in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the patrician gens Claudia.
Thus, Tiberius was succeeded by Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the sole-remaining son of his nephew and adopted son Germanicus. The new emperor was a great grandson of Augustus through his mother Agrippina the Elder thus making him a Julian but he was also a Claudian through his father Germanicus being the son of Livia 's younger son ...
The subjects consist of: Julius Caesar (d. 44 BC), Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, Nero, Galba, Otho, Vitellius, Vespasian, Titus, Domitian (d. 96 AD). The work, written in AD 121 during the reign of the emperor Hadrian , was the most popular work of Suetonius , at that time Hadrian's personal secretary, and is the largest among his ...
(by adoption) Tiberius (Julius) Caesar, [v] stepson, son-in-law and successor, born Tiberius Claudius Nero; married (1) Vipsania Agrippina, (2) Julia the Elder. Tiberius Claudius Nero (Tiberillus), died in infancy, 11 BC. Drusus Julius Caesar the Younger, born Nero Claudius Drusus, married Claudia Livia Julia.