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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Drusus, post: 178484, member: 6370&quot;]Drusus - Cognomina of the Gens Livia</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>After Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (Drusus the Elder):</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Soldier, Gov. of Gaul, Son of Livia, Stepson of Augustus, Younger brother of Tiberius, Father of Germanicus Caesar, Recieved the title Germanicus for his sucesses against the Germans</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nero Claudius Drusus (the younger): Son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, Brother to Imp. Claudius, Father to Caligula, Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar, Drusilla, Livilla, and Agrippina the Younger (mother of Nero)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: black">Great Roman General: Sucessfull campaigns in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannonia" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Pannonia</span></a><span style="color: black"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatia" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Dalmatia</span></a><span style="color: black">. He is recorded to be an excellent soldier and inspired leader, loved by the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_legion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_legion" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">legions</span></a> and the people<span style="color: black">. H</span><span style="color: black">e was appointed </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consul" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consul" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">consul</span></a><span style="color: black"> after five mandates as </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaestor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaestor" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">quaestor</span></a><span style="color: black">. </span><span style="color: black">Appointed commander of the forces in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Germania</span></a><span style="color: black">. </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: black">Legions rioted on the news that the succession befell on the unpopular Tiberius. Refusing to accept this, the rebel soldiers cried for Germanicus as emperor. But he chose to honour Augustus&#039; choice and put an end to the mutiny, preferring to continue only as a general. He subdued the Germanic tribes east of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Rhine</span></a><span style="color: black">, and assured their defeat in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Weser_River" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Weser_River" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Battle of the Weser River</span></a><span style="color: black"> in </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">16</span></a><span style="color: black">. Found the remains of the three legions massacred in the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Teutoburg_Forest" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Battle of the Teutoburg Forest</span></a><span style="color: black"> and</span><span style="color: black"> buried them with high honours and recovered two of the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_%28Roman%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila_%28Roman%29" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">legion&#039;s eagles</span></a><span style="color: black">. </span><span style="color: black">went to </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Province" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia_Province" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Asia</span></a><span style="color: black">, where in </span><span style="color: black">he defeated the kingdoms of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappadocia" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Cappadocia</span></a><span style="color: black"> and </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commagena" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commagena" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Commagena</span></a><span style="color: black">, turning them into </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_provinces" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_provinces" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: black">Roman provinces</span></a><span style="color: black">. An all around great Roman.</span></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.stoa.org/albums/album149/S3505499.sized.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>the younger</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Drusus_the_elder_bust.jpg/450px-Drusus_the_elder_bust.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>the elder</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.romancoins.info/h2005-mint-drusus2-2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>coin of elder</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><img src="http://www.romancoins.info/germanicus9.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>coin of younger[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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