Roman general and statesman, step-son of emperor Augustus (38–9 BC)
This article is about Tiberius' younger brother. For his nephew with Nero Claudius Drusus as his birthname, see Drusus Julius Caesar.
Nero Claudius Drusus
Consul
Bust of Nero Claudius Drusus, in the Capitoline Museums, Rome
Born
Decimus Claudius Drusus[1] or Decimus Claudius Nero[2] 14 January[3] 38 BC Rome, Italy, Roman Republic
Died
Summer of 9 BC[4] (aged 29) Germania
Burial
Mausoleum of Augustus
Spouse
Antonia the Younger
Issue Detail
Germanicus
Livilla
Emperor Claudius
Posthumous name
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus
Dynasty
Julio-Claudian
Father
Tiberius Claudius Nero
Mother
Livia Drusilla
Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (38–9 BC), also called Drusus the Elder, was a Roman politician and military commander. He was a patrician Claudian but his mother was from a plebeian family. He was the son of Livia Drusilla and the stepson of her second husband, the Emperor Augustus. He was also brother of the Emperor Tiberius; the father of the Emperor Claudius and general Germanicus; paternal grandfather of the Emperor Caligula, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor Nero.
Bronze bust of Nero Claudius Drusus in the National Archaeological Museum, Naples
Drusus 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, he 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. In 10 BC, he launched a campaign against the Chatti and the resurgent Sicambri, subjugating both. The following year, while serving as consul, he conquered the Mattiaci and defeated the Marcomanni and the Cherusci, the latter near the Elbe. His Germanic campaigns were cut short in the summer of 9 BC by his death after a riding accident.
Drusus was a very able commander. His death slowed the northward expansion of the Roman empire, and foreshadowed the disastrous Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. He was enormously popular among his men, who erected the Drususstein in his honor; his memory was elevated during the reign of his son Claudius. Drusus' accomplishments in battle were considerable. He fought numerous Germanic chiefs in single combat, and was likely the fourth and final Roman to achieve the spolia opima (for taking the armor and weapons of an enemy king after defeating them in single combat), though he died before he could be honored for it.
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