↳ family trees + Julio-Claudian dynasty (limited to the main figures)
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Bust of Germanicus, son of Drusus the Elder and Antonia Minor. Germanicus was adopted by his paternal uncle Tiberius around 4 AD, making him heir presumptive to the empire. Germanicus was vastly popular with the army and the populace at large and when he died in 19 AD, the rumors of poison abounded.
He and his memory remained cherished by the Romans long after his death and all subsequent emperors, Caligula (Germanicus's son), Claudius (Germanicus's brother), and Nero (Germanicus's grandson) benefitted from Germanicus's enduring popularity.
In late antiquity, the bust was vandalized by Christians, probably during their attack against the imperial cult.
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Time Travel Question 24: Ancient History XII and Earlier
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Who of the many women that surrounded Mark Antony could you see yourself being FRIENDS with? Not who you admire the most but who you'd enjoy drinks and dishing the dirt with the most
It's honestly kind of hilarious how the "Julio-Claudian" Dynasty is really a bunch of Antonians. Over half of the emperors and most of the influential women of the family are all Antonians
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Augustus: I’m revising my will. Tiberius, Germanicus, you’re #1 and #2 after me.
Germanicus: Cool!
Tiberius: Um...
Augustus: Look, I know you don’t like governing, but you’re going to have to deal with it. I’ve written out foreign and internal policy guides for you to follow. Think of it as a user manual for the empire.
Tiberius: That helps, thank you.
Augustus: Whatever you do, don’t go to Germany. Been there, done that, lost the legions.
Germanicus: But my dad nearly conquered it, didn’t he? That’s where my name comes from!
Tiberius: It’s also where he died.
Augustus: I said what I said.
[Five minutes after Augustus dies, the legions in Gaul mutiny.]
Germanicus: I know how to fix this! We’ll take those legions and...
Tiberius: Don’t say it
Germanicus: Invade Germany!
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Fragment of Ravenna Relief showing a scene of the Julio-Claudian family. On the right, we can see Augustus as Mars accompanied by his wife Livia in the guise of Venus. The identity of the male figures on the left is uncertain but Germanicus and his father Drusus are the most common suggestions.
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Thusnelda Led in Germanicus' Triumph / Thusnelda in the Triumphal Procession of Germanicus
by Karl von Piloty
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We can't accept this.
Alessandro Fella as Germanicus Julius Caesar in BARBARIANS season 2 trailer
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Roman Marble Bust
Early 1st century AD
Portrait of a youthful Julio-Claudian male probably Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of Tiberius. This example is carved with the characteristic locks of hair combed over the forehead in this period.
H. 36 x 18 cm.
Germanicus Julius Caesar (24 May 15 BC – 10 October AD 19) was an ancient Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the patrician gens Claudia. The agnomen Germanicus was added to his 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, who succeeded Augustus as Roman emperor a decade later. As a result, Germanicus became an official member of the gens Julia, another prominent family, to which he was related on his mother's side. His connection to the Julii Caesares was further consolidated through a marriage between him and Agrippina the Elder, a granddaughter of Augustus. He was also the father of Caligula, the maternal grandfather of Nero, and the older brother of Claudius.
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