Nero Julius Caesar

Son of Germanicus
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroSon of Germanicus
A.K.A.Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus
A.K.A.Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus
PlacesGermany
Gender
Male
BirthRome
DeathPonza
Family
Mother:Agrippina the Elder
Father:Germanicus
Siblings:Caligula Drusus Caesar Agrippina the Younger Julia Livilla Julia Drusilla
Spouse:Julia Livia
The details

Biography

Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus (c. AD 6–AD 31) was a close relative of the Roman emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Nero was born around AD 6, to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. His paternal grandparents were Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor. His maternal grandparents were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus.
Nero's siblings included four brothers (Tiberius and Gaius Julius, who died young; Drusus Caesar; and the future Emperor Caligula) and three sisters (Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla, and Julia Livilla). In 20, he married Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger), daughter of Livilla and Drusus "Castor" (Tiberius' only son by Vipsania Agrippina). Though earlier he was betrothed to the daughter of Creticus Silanus, one-time governor of Syria.
His father Germanicus was heir apparent to his own adoptive father Emperor Tiberius, but Germanicus predeceased the Emperor in 19. He was replaced as heir by Drusus, his father-in-law. But he too predeceased the Emperor on September 14, 23.
Nero was the oldest adoptive grandson of Tiberius, and was seen as the emperor's most obvious successor. However, he was accused of treason along with his mother in 29. Nero was exiled to the island of Ponza where at some time before October 31 he was either induced to commit suicide or else starved to death.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Nero Julius Caesar
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Drusus Claudius Nero I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Tiberius Claudius Nero
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Claudia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Nero Claudius Drusus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Livia Drusilla
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Aufidia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Germanicus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Marcus Antonius Creticus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Mark Antony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Julia Antonia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Antonia Minor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Gaius Octavius
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Octavia Minor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Atia Balba Caesonia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Agrippina the Elder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. (=22.) Gaius Octavius
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Augustus
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. (=23.) Atia Balba Caesonia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Julia the Elder
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Lucius Scribonius Libo
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Scribonia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Sentia
 
 
 
 
 
 

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