1- Decimus Drusus Flashcards
Who was Decimus (later Nero) Drusus
Son of Livia, born three months after her marriage to Augustus, people suspected he was still Augustus’s son
Father of Claudius Caesar, Germanicus, Livilla
Decimus Drusus Military achievments
Commanded an army against the Raeti then the Germans
Constructed canals across the Rhine “remarkable,” “demanding”
-defeated the local tribes in a series of battles (large latin speaking woman told him to go no further)
Decimus Drusus political places
During Raeti and German campaigns held successively quaestor and praetor
Consul directly after praetorship ended.
Decimus Drusus General Achievment
First Roman general to navigate the northern Ocean
Decimus Drusus, rewards for his campaigns
Voted ovation and triumphal decorations
Death
Died at his summer head- quarters, later known as “the Accursed Camp”
Respected after death
Carried to Rome in a coffin by relays of leading citizens from free towns and colonies which lay along the route
Pyre on the Campus Martius
Fixed day every year soldiers performed a ceremonial drill, cities of Gaul offer sacrifices
The army voluntarily built a cenotaph for him
The senate voted Drusus many honours
Marble Arch on the Via Appia
Surname Germanicus to be held by him and his descendants
His fighting style
Used to chase German leaders across the battlefield at great risk to his life
His personality
“they say”
Eager for personal glory
Unassuming and restrained in his personal style
His amazing announcement
-effect
As soon as he came to power he would restore the Republic
Some writers say this made Augustus suspicious of him
Recalled him from his province, he didn’t come, had him poisoned
Suetonius’s view on accusations of Augustus’s treatment of Drusus
Augustus’s love
“Most improbable” that Augustus had him killed
-Augustus felt such love for him, made him coheir with his adopted sons
Eulogised him at his funeral
Asked the gods that the young Caesars resemble him
Adulatory inscription on his tomb
Wrote his biography
Wife and sons
Antonia the younger
-Germanicus, Livilla, Claudius
