Germanicus

Upon this adoption, Germanicus' name was changed to Germanicus Julius Caesar.

AD 22, called a relative of Germanicus by Tac.

After the death of Tiberius the new emperor Caligula (the son of Claudius' brother Germanicus ) recognized Claudius to be of some use.

Agrippina and Germanicus in their union had nine children, of whom three died young.

Agrippina had reminded Germanicus on occasion of his relation to Augustus.

Agrippina was in grief when Germanicus died.

Arminius initially lured Germanicus' cavalry into a trap and inflicted minor casualties, until successful fighting by the Roman infantry caused the Germanic peoples to break and flee into the forest.

A second memoir was about the fortunes of her mother’s family and the last memoir recorded the misfortunes (casus suorum) of the family of Agrippina and Germanicus.

As judged by the carved titles of Caesar, Augustus and Germanicus, the related march took place between 84 and 96 AD.

At Antioch Germanicus died in 19 AD, and his body was burnt in the forum.

At his funeral, there were no procession statues of Germanicus.

At the age of only seven, he drove his father Germanicus to despair and death by secretly terrorising him.

At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of C. Caesar Augustus Germanicus and Cn.

Book 2 contains impassioned requests to Germanicus (1 and 5) and various friends to speak on his behalf at Rome while he describes his despair and life in exile.

Book II section 16. Germanicus' zeal led finally to his being replaced (17 AD) by his cousin Drusus, Tiberius' son, as Tiberius thought it best to follow his predecessor's policy of limiting the empire.

By Augustus' request, Tiberius adopted his nephew Germanicus, son of his late brother Drusus and biological great-nephew of Augustus through his mother.

Claud. 26. This feud dated back to Agrippina's mother's actions against Tiberius after the death of Germanicus, actions which Tiberius had gladly punished.

Conflicts with the Roman Empire The Limes Germanicus 83 to 260 CE.

David Shotter, Tiberius Caesar (London: Routledge, 1992) 35-37 Tacitus, with some bitterness, asserts that had Germanicus been given full independence of action, he could have completed the conquest of Germania.

During the military campaigns, Agrippina accompanied Germanicus with their children.