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Name: Drusus I Brief biography: Roman commander, stepson of Augustus, brother of Tiberius, grandfather of Caligula, father of Claudius and great-grandfather of Nero. Nationality: Roman Occupation: General Date of birth: 38 BC Place of birth: Italy Date of death: 9 BC Place of death: Germany |
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Drusus was a competent commander of the Roman armies and was posthumously awarded the name Germanicus for his conquest of Germania. He was stepson to the Emperor Augustus, who married Drusus's mother, Livia; brother to the Emperor Tiberius, grandfather to the Emperor Caligula, father to the Emperor Claudius and great-grandfather to the Emperor Nero. He was posthumously honoured on the coins of his son, the Emperor Claudius. |
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