His troops proclaimed him Imperator and he was granted triumphal ornaments, as well as the office of proconsul for the following year. die Hauptgegner Roms aus dem Kräftespiel der germanischen Stämme zwischen Rhein und Elbe ausgeschieden. His consulship conferred the chance for Drusus to attain Rome's highest and rarest military honor, the spolia opima, or spoils of an enemy chieftain slain personally by an opposing Roman general who was fighting (as consuls did) under his own auspices. Claudius also reformed the military. Dabei stieß Drusus 12 v. Chr. Seine Kinder waren Germanicus, Livilla und der spätere Kaiser Claudius. Chr. with his tribe to Rome. His family was granted the hereditary honorific "Germanicus", which was given to his eldest son before passing to his youngest. Drusus was born between mid-March and mid-April 38 BC, three months after Livia married Augustus on 17 January. Drusus repelled them, gaining honors, but was unable to smash their forces, and required reinforcement from Tiberius. ; † 14. He is a prominent character in the Hrabam Chronicles by Alaric Longward (2016). Then on the night of the 12 to 13 October AD 54 Claudius suddenly died. The granting of Roman citizenship to auxiliaries after a service of twenty-five years was introduced by his predecessors, but it was under Claudius that it truly became a regular system. Quo magis miror fuisse qui traderent fraude a Seiano nectatum. From childhood, he walked with a limp, had a hearing … September 9 v. Suffering from ill-health and an alarming lack of social skills, for which most believed him mentally handicapped, he received no public office from Augustus except once being invested as an augur (an official Roman soothsayer). In 13 BC, Drusus was sent to govern Gaul to quell riots caused by the actions of a previous administrator. He launched the first major Roman campaigns across the Rhine and began the conquest of Germania, becoming the first Roman general to reach the Weser and Elbe rivers. Drusus was returning from his advance to the Elbe when he fell from his horse,[38] lingering on for a month after the accident, by which point Tiberius had joined him. Antonia raised her children in Rome. He rejoined his wife Antonia and two children for a time in Lugdunum before the family returned to Rome, where Drusus reported to Augustus. Der tote Drusus wurde mit zahlreichen Ehrungen versehen, unter anderem mit Leichenreden von Augustus und Tiberius, Lobdichtungen und Monumenten. This was felt to depreciate the nobility of the imperial house, while exalting Sejanus even beyond the excessive hopes which suspicion attributed to him. [45] Such Claudian commemorations of Drusus' memory are thought to have become less prominent once Claudius had his own British triumph to celebrate.[46]. [1] According to Tacitus:[1]. Auch am Rhein errichtete Drusus zahlreiche Lager, zwei davon sind Neuss (Novaesium) und Bonn. [35] Regardless of whether he was actually able to take them in combat, however, Drusus' untimely death would prevent him from ever going through with the official ceremony. With the help of his freedmen advisors, Claudius reformed the financial affairs of the state and empire, creating a separate fund for the emperor’s private household expenses. [11] Drusus' son Tiberius—the future emperor Claudius—was born in Lugdunum on the same day that this altar was inaugurated. [1] Claudius married Plautia Urgulanilla sometime between 9 and 12 AD. Plautius advanced but then got into difficulties. In 11 BC, he conquered the Usipetes and the Marsi, extending Roman control to the Upper Weser. „verfluchtes Lager“) genannt wurde, und brachte die Leiche seines Bruders nach Rom.[2]. In 11 BC, he conquered the Usipetes and the Marsi, extending Roman control to the Upper Weser. died just before he came to manhood, choked by a pear which he had playfully thrown up and caught in his open mouth; since he had been betrothed, only a few days previously, to Sejanus' daughter, the rumor that Sejanus murdered him becomes still less plausible. Drusus wuchs im Haus des Augustus (den ein sicher unzutreffendes Gerücht zu seinem Vater machte) auf und begann wie sein Bruder schon in jungen Jahren eine politische und militärische Karriere. Ill health, unattractive appearance, clumsiness of manner, and coarseness of taste did not recommend him for a public life. Drusus married Antonia Minor, the daughter of Mark Antony and Augustus' sister, Octavia Minor, and gained a reputation of being completely faithful to her. [1] In 20 AD Sejanus was reaching the height of his power, and the birth of his daughter offered an opportunity to connect his own family with the imperial Julio-Claudian dynasty. Their delight to see a son of Germanicus already growing up was increased by his marriage with Drusus' daughter (Livia Julia). Accessed October 24, 2020. If your web page requires an HTML link, please insert this code: Claudius, Gods of Death How old is the United States of America? Auch als Konsul setzte er den Krieg in Germanien fort. In 10 BC, the Chatti joined with the Sicambri and attacked Drusus' camp, but were easily defeated. [1] Myrina was of little importance at the time, and had comparatively little involvement in the imperial cult. (Latin: communis tili cum familia Drusorum fore nepotes. Er legte nach Aussage der Quellen zwei Lager im Inneren Germaniens an, von denen eins vermutlich mit dem archäologisch erforschten Legionslager von Bergkamen-Oberaden zu identifizieren ist. The brothers easily defeated the local Alpine tribes. Upon the death of his mother's brother Publius Plautius Pulcher during Claudius reign, his funeral epitaph mentions that he was Drusus uncle, possibly implying closeness between the two. führten die beiden Brüder einen Feldzug in Raetia, das zur römischen Provinz wurde. Juli 23) war der einzige Sohn des römischen Kaisers Tiberius und dessen erster Frau, Vipsania Agrippina. When Tiberius left Italy during his term as praetor in 16 BC, Drusus legislated in his place. However it revealed that the instigators of the uprising had possessed connections with very influential nobility in Rome. Immediately after the failed rebellion of AD 42, Claudius decided to distract any attention from such challenges to his authority by organizing a campaign to invade and conquer Britain. [1] However, in 17 AD the region suffered a major earthquake, and Myrina was one of twelve cities to receive funds for reconstruction from the Fiscus, the imperial treasury, as well as five years' tax remission from the Roman Senate. [12], Starting in 14 BC, Drusus built a string of military bases along the Rhine—fifty according to Florus—and established an alliance with the Batavi in preparation for military action in Germania Libera. [22] The Cherusci failed to capitalize on their initial advantage, whereupon the Romans broke through their lines, defeated the Germanic attackers, and acclaimed Drusus as imperator. According to him, Claudius Drusus; prope iam puberem amisit piro per lusum in sublime iactato et hiatu oris excepto strangulatum, cum ei ante paucos dies filiam Seiani despondisset. Tiberius Claudius DrususNero Germanicus(10 BC - AD 54) Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was born in Lugdunum (Lyon) in 10 BC, as the youngest son of Nero Drusus (Tiberius' brother) and of Antonia the younger (who was the daughter of Marc Antony and Octavia). Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (14 January 38 BC[2] – summer of 9 BC),[3] also called Drusus the Elder, was a Roman politician and military commander. He instituted judicial reforms, creating in particular legal safeguards for the weak and defenceless.