GERMANICUS CAESAR

jərmănˈĭkəs, 15 b.c.–a.d. 19, Roman general, son of Drusus Senior. He was adopted (a.d. 4) by his uncle Emperor Tiberius. Germanicus fought (a.d. 8) in Pannonia and Dalmatia and in a.d. 14, when he was commander in Germany, put down the mutiny of the Roman legions after the death of Augustus. He took advantage (a.d. 15) of an opportunity to attack Arminius, and though not at first successful he eventually defeated the German leader. In a.d. 16 he attacked and defeated the Germans at the Weser River. Tiberius recalled Germanicus and sent him to the East, where he reduced (a.d. 18) Cappadocia and Commagene to the status of provinces. After a visit to Egypt, Germanicus died suddenly, supposedly of poison at the hand of Cneius Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria. Germanicus was the brother of the Emperor Claudius I and the father of the Emperor Caligula and Agrippina II by his wife Agrippina I.

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books on: Germanicus Caesar  - 816 results

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Caesar, a History of the Art of War among the Romans Down to the End of the Roman Empire, with a Detailed Account of the Campaigns of Caius Julius Caesar
Book by Theodore Ayrault Dodge; Biblo and Tannen, 1963
Subjects: Caesar, Julius, Military Art And Science--History, Rome--History--Republic, 265-30 B.C
Great Captains CAESAR Great Captains CAESAR A HISTORY OF THE ART OF WAR AMONG THE ROMANS DOWN TO THE...EMPIRE, WITH A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR WITH 258 CHARTS, MAPS, PLANS OF BATTLES AND TACTICAL MANOEUVRES...
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Tiberius Caesar
Book by David Shotter; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Tiberius, 14-37, Tiberius--Emperor Of Rome--42 B.C.-37 A.D
...a rumoured reconciliation. Germanicus Caesar had also figured in the same...Calpurnius Piso, the comes of Germanicus Caesar in the east. All of this confirms...Tiberius adoptive son and heir, Germanicus Caesar, who had died some two months...
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Augustus Caesar
Book by David Shotter; Routledge, 1991
Subjects: Augustus--Emperor Of Rome--63 B.C.-14 A.D, Emperors--Rome--Biography, Rome--History--Augustus, 30 B.C.-14 A.D, Rome--History--Civil War, 43-31 B.C
LANCASTER PAMPHLETS Augustus Caesar David Shotter London and New York...Republic David Shotter Tiberius Caesar Keith J. Stringer The Reign...D.C.A. (David Colin Arthur) Augustus Caesar.-(Lancaster pamphlets) 1. Roman Empire...
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Tiberius: The Resentful Caesar
Book by Gregorio Marañón; Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1956
Subjects: Tiberius--Emperor Of Rome--42 B.C.-37 A.D
...Death of the two Caesars , p. 76...Germanicus versus Tiberius...Plutarch, 81, Caesar , 4. 3...thirty, his son Germanicus inherited the love...Suetonius, 106, Caesar , 8 and 33...to Drususs son Germanicus, whom he would...
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The Provinces of the Roman Empire: From Caesar to Diocletian - Vol. 1
Book by Theodor Mommsen, William P. Dickson; Charles Scribners Sons, 1887
Subjects: Rome--History--Empire, 284-476, Rome--Provinces--Administration
...commands is furnished by the campaigns of Germanicus, and the battle of Varus can hardly...with Tiberius his nephew the young Germanicus appeared on the scene of war, put an...the defence of his own home. There Germanicus and other leaders of division had in...
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"Too Classical for a Female Pen"? Late Eighteenth-Century Women Reading and Writing Classical History
Journal article by Pam Perkins; CLIO, Vol. 33, 2004
Subjects: Austen, Jane, Carter, Elizabeth, Gibbon, Edward, Hamilton, Elizabeth, Hays, Mary, Hume, David, Literature--Criticism and interpretation, Macaulay, Catherine, More, Hannah
...reaching the story of Caesar, whose name she knew...of Agrippina, Wife of Germanicus (1804)--in the context...of Agrippina, Wife of Germanicus all the more striking...as to the era of the Caesars. One might, indeed...When she explains why Germanicus refused to attempt the...
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Back to the Future with Asymmetric Warfare
Journal article by Vincent J. Goulding Jr.; Parameters, Vol. 30, 2000
Subjects: Chechnya, Russia--Military aspects, Maneuver warfare--Analysis, Military policy--Analysis, Military strategy--Analysis
...harder yet. In 14-15 A.D., Germanicus Tiberius Caesar, nephew of Tiberius Caesar, proved himself a worthy...of Rome demanded it. 6 Germanicus knew his "barbarian" enemies...intimidated by Varuss defeat. Germanicus knew it was not Teutoburger...
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Palisading the Elizabethan Body Politic
Journal article by Linda Woodbridge; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 33, 1991
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...Britannicus, Mare Hibernium, Oceanus Germanicus -- and filled with some thirty-five...our terrible seas." Elizabethans knew Caesar invasions from the Gallic Wars and...beyond the Norman invasion to Julius Caesars. Metaphors comparing siege warfare with...
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Sejanus
Journal article by Paul Prescott; Shakespeare Bulletin, Vol. 23, 2005
Subjects: Sejanus (Play)--Theater reviews, Theater--Theater reviews
...Tiberius, an apparently fey, slow-witted man, the "dull, heavy Caesar" whom Sejanus thinks he can outwit, had two memorable moments...Semper Tyrannis" in a musical and visual echo of the opening "Germanicus est Mortus" routine. Tiberius, of course, is alive and well...
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Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History
Journal article by Barbara Weiden Boyd; CLIO, Vol. 36, 2007
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Conspiracy Narratives in Roman History (Book)--Book reviews
...or the fact that Livy wrote his vast work in the wake of Caesars assassination and the years of turmoil that followed, are...of Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso, implicated in the poisoning of Germanicus, in 20 CE. Pagan never explains, however, that the stories...
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Faith: The Triumph of Reason: Today's Atheists Charge That Religion Is a Delusion. They May Be Surprised to Learn That the Philosophical "Father of Rationalism" Was Himself a Believer in God
Magazine article by Dennis Behreandt; The New American, Vol. 23, December 24, 2007
Subjects: Atheists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Faith--Psychological aspects, Reason--Religious aspects
...on pain of death, to worship Caesar. To the roaring of the crowd, one of them, a man named Germanicus, had refused. The presiding...brave death of the Christian Germanicus only further enraged the gathered...man. "Swear by the fortune of Caesar; repent, and say, Away with...
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Death of the Emperor Claudius: October 13th, AD 54
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 54, October 2004
Subjects: Claudius, Emperor of Rome--Behavior, Claudius, Emperor of Rome--Death of, Emperors--Behavior, Emperors--Death of, Nero, Emperor of Rome--Behavior, Poisoning--Usage, Rome (Ancient state)--History
Death of the Emperor Claudius: October 13th, AD 54. by Richard Cavendish TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS Caesar Augustus Germanicus, the I Claudius of Robert Gravess splendid historical novels, was one of the few historians who has ever exercised...
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Rome's Dark Night of Tyranny: When the Republic Fell, Rome Entered the Dark Decline of Empire. Only after Centuries of Misery under Predominantly Tyrannical Emperors Did Rome Finally Meet Its End
Magazine article by Steve Bonta; The New American, Vol. 21, February 7, 2005
Subjects: Roman culture--Analysis, Roman culture--History
...the assassination of Julius Caesar, allied himself with Mark Antony...accused of ordering the murder of Germanicus, a Roman military leader of...instead of a emperors gratitude, Germanicus popularity with the Roman people...punishable by death. If Julius Caesar and Octavian had transformed...
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Murder Most Foul: Robert Garland Asks What Murder Meant to the Apparently Bloodthirsty Greeks and Romans
Magazine article by Robert Garland; History Today, Vol. 54, February 2004
Subjects: Murder--Social aspects
...I, Claudius, was credited with involvement in the deaths of Marcellus (Augustus nephew), Agrippa Julius Caesar (his grandson), Germanicus (the son-in-law of his daughter Julia), and even of Augustus himself. Her alleged purpose was to override...
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The Soul of Plutarchos
Magazine article by Brian Doyle; American Scholar, Vol. 69, Summer 2000
Subjects: Authors, Greek--Behavior, Greek writers--Behavior, Plutarch--Behavior
...so mesmerizing not only to Antony but, before him, to Julius Caesar--two of the greatest men of her day. For her actual beauty...and who adopted Lucius Domitius, "giving him the name Nero Germanicus," says Plutarch. "He was emperor in our time, and put his mother...


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Romans
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), September 21, 2006
...would soon become a Welsh hero was sitting uncomfortably in the thoughts of the Roman emperor. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, better known just as Claudius, was stuttering and spluttering his way through his indignation, the disabled...
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History Team Claims to Have Found Fabled Lost City of the Legendary King Caradoc
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 15, 2006
...42-51AD he was taking on a pretty big task. At the time Rome was ruled by Emperor Claudius, or Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus to give him his full name. The first Roman Emperor to be born outside Italy, Claudius nonetheless oversaw the...
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Soul Mates for Sporting Heroes of Our Times
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 2, 1996
...with propensity for attracting unfortunate (avoirdupois) and detrimental publicity in off-duty hours. Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus (AD 37-68) had much the same problem. He was better known as Nero and a dedicated victim of a sybaritic lifestyle...


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encyclopedia articles on: Germanicus Caesar  - 7 results

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Germanicus Caesar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GERMANICUS CAESAR j rman ik s, 15 b.c. a.d. 19, Roman...4) by his uncle Emperor Tiberius . Germanicus fought (a.d. 8) in Pannonia and Dalmatia...at the Weser River. Tiberius recalled Germanicus and sent him to the East, where he reduced...
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Caligula
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...CALIGULA k lig yool , a.d. 12 a.d. 41, Roman emperor (a.d. 37 a.d. 41); son of Germanicus Caesar and Agrippina the Elder . His real name was Caius Caesar Germanicus. As a small child, he wore military boots, whence his nickname caligula =little...
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Agrippina the Elder
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...granddaughter of Augustus. She was the wife of Germanicus Caesar and accompanied him on his provincial duties. After...Naples, she starved herself to death. Her son Caius Caesar Germanicus became the emperor Caligula...
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Agrippina the Younger
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AGRIPPINA THE YOUNGER d. a.d. 59, Roman matron; daughter of Germanicus Caesar and Agrippina the Elder. By her first husband, Cneius Domitius Ahenobarbus, she was the mother of Nero . After her brother Caligula...
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Arminius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...back my legions!" The Romans never again made any real effort to absorb the territory east of the Rhine, though Germanicus Caesar (called to aid the father of Arminius wife, Thusnelda, against Arminius) badly defeated and wounded the German...
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