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Germanicus Julius Caesar was a 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
Bust of Germanicus (Musée Saint-Raymond)
Ara Pacis: processional frieze showing members of the Imperial household (south face). Germanicus is the toddler holding Antonia Minor's hand.
Bust of young Germanicus at the time of his adoption by Tiberius in AD 4
Battle of Teutoburg Forest, by Otto Albert Koch (1909)
Tiberius
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Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus was the second Roman emperor from AD 14 until his death, reigning as the second ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. He succeeded his stepfather Augustus, the first Rom
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…full name in 9 BC when it was posthumously awarded to his father in honor of his victories in Germania. In AD 4 he was adopted by his paternal uncle Tiberius, himself the stepson and heir of Germanicus' great-uncle Augustus; ten years later, Tiberius succeeded Augustus as Roman emperor. As a result of his…
Roman marble bust of Tiberius
Tiberius and his mother Livia, AD 14–19. National Museum of Archaeology (Madrid)
The campaigns of Tiberius, Ahenobarbus, and Saturninus in Germania between 6 BC and 1 BC
Aureus of Tiberius, c. AD 27–30. Caption: TI. CAESAR DIVI AVG. F. AVGVSTVS / MAXIM. PONTIF.