person
Germanicus Julius Caesar
Germanicus
Brilliant general and elder brother of Claudius, son of Drusus the Elder; he died in AD 19 amid suspicions of poisoning. In the prosopopoeia Claudius mourns him as his lost brother.
Reading notes
- Consolation to Polybius §16 Germanicus
Germanicus, the celebrated general and elder brother of Claudius, who died in AD 19; in the prosopopoeia Claudius mourns him as the brother he lost.
- On Benefits §4.31.2 Germanicus
Nephew and adopted son of Tiberius, the immensely popular general and father of Caligula; his memory, Seneca says, is what the throne was 'given' to.
- Natural Questions §1.1.3 Germanicus
The popular adoptive grandson of Augustus, whose death in the East (AD 19) was widely mourned and read as foretold by signs.
- Octavia §957 wife of a Caesar
Germanicus, adopted grandson of Augustus and beloved prince, husband of Agrippina the Elder; he died (probably poisoned) in AD 19.