person
Julia Drusilla
Drusilla
Favorite sister of Caligula; on her death in AD 38 he had her deified as Panthea and mourned her with notorious extravagance, the anti-example of the work.
Reading notes
- The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius §1 Drusilla
Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula, deified after her death in AD 38; a senator swore he had seen her ascend, the precedent the satire mocks.
- Consolation to Polybius §17 Drusilla
Julia Drusilla, favorite sister of Caligula; deified on her death in AD 38, she became the occasion of his grotesque, vacillating mourning.