For the tragedy by Jean Racine, see Britannicus (play). For other uses of the name among the Romans, see List of Roman imperial victory titles.
Britannicus
Detail of Britannicus from a c. 45 AD statue with him and his mother
Born
12 February AD 41 Rome, Italia
Died
11 February AD 55 (aged 13) Rome, Italia
Burial
Mausoleum of Augustus
Names
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus; initially Tiberius Claudius Germanicus
House
Julio-Claudian Dynasty
Father
Claudius
Mother
Valeria Messalina
Roman imperial dynasties
Julio-Claudian dynasty
Chronology
Augustus
27 BC – AD 14
Tiberius
AD 14–37
Caligula
AD 37–41
Claudius
AD 41–54
Nero
AD 54–68
Preceded by Roman Republic
Followed by Year of the Four Emperors
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Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 – 11 February AD 55), usually called Britannicus, was the son of Roman Emperor Claudius and his third wife, Valeria Messalina. For a time, he was considered his father's heir, but that changed after his mother's downfall in 48, when it was revealed she had engaged in a bigamous marriage without Claudius' knowledge. The next year, his father married Agrippina the Younger, Claudius' fourth and final marriage. Their marriage was followed by the adoption of Agrippina's son, Lucius Domitius, whose name became Nero as a result. His stepbrother would later be married to Britannicus' sister Octavia and soon eclipsed him as Claudius' heir. After his father's death in October 54, Nero became emperor. The sudden death of Britannicus shortly before his fourteenth birthday is reported by all extant sources as being the result of poisoning on Nero's orders; as Claudius' biological son, he represented a threat to Nero's claim to the throne.
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 – 11 February AD 55), usually called Britannicus, was the son of Roman Emperor Claudius and his...
Britannicus vol. 3, 1725 Houghton Hall in Norfolk; James Gibbs added the domes to Campbell's design Mereworth Castle in Kent, Vitruvius Britannicus vol...
britannicus was selected by Kew Gardens as a highlight of taxa described by the organisation's staff and affiliates in 2020. Cortinarius britannicus was...
time, Agrippina was left very wealthy. Later that year, Messalina and Britannicus attended the performance of the Troy Pageant at the Secular Games, where...
The frontier of the Roman Empire in Britain is sometimes styled Limes Britannicus ("British Limes") by authors for the boundaries, including fortifications...
1700 in emulation of Orpheus Britannicus'. A later engraver, Benjamin Cole (fl 1740–1760), printed as Orpheus Britannicus a seemingly unrelated set of...
summer of 2022, Curtis returned to the stage to play the title role in Britannicus at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He played the role of Brian in The...
called woolly thyme - is now also classified as Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus. It was also formerly known as Thymus lanuginosus. This low-growing creeping...
dynasty. She supposedly took part in the assassinations of Claudius and Britannicus. She was a favourite of emperor Nero for several years, and Nero had...
117–138) erected Hadrian's Wall in northern England: 12 and the Limes Britannicus became the northern border of the Roman Empire. The Roman influence on...
issued of Claudius and his son Britannicus, who had been a friend of Emperor Titus (Titus was born in 39, Britannicus was born in 41). When Nero's Golden...
While E. britannicus also has a concave rear to the head capsule, it is a larger species than E. antiquus and the antenna scape of E. britannicus is much...
minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. Erasmus named it Codex Britannicus. Its completion is dated on the basis of its textual affinities to no...
Britannicus died as well, during a banquet where Octavia, Nero, and Agrippina were all present. Octavia and Agrippina were shocked at Britannicus' sudden...
("great victor in Parthia"), 198 Britannicus Maximus ("great victor in Britain"), 209 or 210 Caracalla, 198–217 Britannicus Maximus ("great victor in Britain")...
a prominent commission could hardly fail to be included in Vitruvius Britannicus. The plan of Devonshire House defines it as one of the earliest of the...
as Casualty, Endeavour, and Sanditon. For his performance in the play Britannicus, he was nominated for the 2011 Ian Charleson Award. As of 2022, Needham...
a collected edition of English translations was published as Casimir Britannicus: English Translations, Paraphrases and Emulations of the Poetry of Maciej...
dell'architettura (The Four Books of Architecture) and Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. Campbell's book included illustrations of Wanstead House, a building...
early diagnosis, surgery was successfully able to remove the cancer. Britannicus henso (1980) Shitaya mannencho monogatari (1981) Fuyu no raion (The Lion...
– supposedly so he could marry Poppaea Sabina – and his stepbrother Britannicus. Nero's practical contributions to Rome's governance focused on diplomacy...
portrayed by John Cater. The French tragedy Britannicus, written by Racine in 1669, about the assassination of Britannicus by Nero. Simon Scarrow's Eagles of the...
of the work in 1692. The aria was published posthumously in Orpheus Britannicus, book 2, 1702. The voice is accompanied by an instrumental part featuring...
a cline running from southwest to northeast. The British race P. a. britannicus has an olive hue to its brownish-grey back plumage, distinguishing it...
Baroque were Colen Campbell, author of the influential book Vitruvius Britannicus (1715–1725); Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and his protégé William...
his preferred Wilton-style towers, as published by him in Vitruvivs Britannicus in 1725. However, the final design of the tower domes was undertaken...
English and French. The name first appears in Roman sources as Oceanus Britannicus (or Mare Britannicum, meaning the British Ocean or British Sea). Variations...
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