Nero Claudius Drusus
Politician
-0037 – -0008
Who was Nero Claudius Drusus?
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus, born Decimus Claudius Drusus also called Drusus Claudius Nero, Drusus, Drusus I, Nero Drusus, or Drusus the Elder was a Roman politician and military commander. He was a patrician Claudian on his legal father's side but his maternal grandmother was from a plebeian family. He was the son of Livia Drusilla and the legal stepson of her second husband, the Emperor Augustus. He was also brother of the Emperor Tiberius, father of the Emperor Claudius, paternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero.
He launched the first major Roman campaigns across the Rhine and began the conquest of Germania, becoming the first Roman general to reach the Weser and Elbe rivers. In 12 BC, Drusus led a successful campaign into Germania, subjugating the Sicambri. Later that year he led a naval expedition against Germanic tribes along the North Sea coast, conquering the Batavi and the Frisii, and defeating the Chauci near the mouth of the Weser. In 11 BC, he conquered the Usipetes and the Marsi, extending Roman control to the Upper Weser.
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- Born
- Jan 14, -0037
Rome - Also known as
- Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus
- Decimus Claudius Drusus
- Drusus the Elder
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- Siblings
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- Nationality
- Roman Empire
- Died
- Sep 14, -0008
Germany - Resting place
- Mausoleum of Augustus
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on July 23, 2013
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