See also:

• DRUSUS, MARCUS LIVIUS
• DRUSUS, NERO1 CLAUDIUS (38–9 B.C.)

DRUSUS See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

CAESAR (c. 15 B.C.–A.D. 23)  , commonly called See also:

• DRUSUS, MARCUS LIVIUS
• DRUSUS, NERO1 CLAUDIUS (38–9 B.C.)

Drusus junior, to distinguish him from his See also:

• UNCLE

uncle See also:

• NERO (37-68)

Nero See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius Drusus, was the only son of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Tiberius by his first wife Vipsania See also:

• AGRIPPINA

Agrippina . After having held several See also:

• CURULE (Lat. currus, " chariot ")

curule offices, he was See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul elect in A.D . 14, the See also:

• YEAR

year of See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus's See also:

• DEATH

death . His See also:

• FATHER

father, on his See also:

• ACCESSION (from Lat. accedere, to go to, to approach)

accession to the See also:

• THRONE

throne, immediately sent him to put down a See also:

• MUTINY
• MUTINY (from an old verb " mutine," O. Fr. mutin, meutin, a sedition; cf. mod. Fr. emeute; the original is the Late Lat. mota, commotion, from movere, to move)

mutiny of the troops in See also:

• PANNONIA

Pannonia, a task which he successfully accomplished (See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, i . 24-30) . As See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Illyricum (17), he set the Germanic tribes against one another, and encouraged Catualda, See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Gothones, to drive out Marbod (Maroboduus), See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the See also:

• MARCOMANNI (i.e. men of the mark, or border)

Marcomanni . On his return Drusus was consul a second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time (21) and in the following year received the tribunician authority from Tiberius, which practically indicated him as See also:

• HEIR (Lat. heres, from a root meaning to grasp, seen in heres or erus, master of a house, Gr. xeip, hand, Sans. hat ana, hand)

heir to the throne . See also:

• SEJANUS, LUCIUS AELIUS

Sejanus, who also aspired to the supreme See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, determined to remove Drusus . He endeavoured to See also:

• POISON

poison Tiberius's mind against him, seduced Drusus's wife and persuaded her to assist him in murdering her See also:

• HUSBAND

husband . Her physician Eudemus prepared and the See also:

• EUNUCH (Gr. Evvoi3Xos)

eunuch Lygdus administered a slow poison, from the effects of which Drusus died after a lingering illness . Although Tiberius is said to have received the See also:

• NEWS

news of his death with indifference, there is no See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason to suppose that he had any See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand in it; indeed, he seems to have entertained a genuine See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection for his son . Drusus was a See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man of violent passions, a drunkard and a debauchee, but not entirely devoid of better feelings, as is shown by his undoubtedly sincere grief at the death of Germanicus .

The cunning and reserve which he exhibited on occasion were probably due to the instructions or See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence of Tiberius (Annals, iii . 8), since he was himself naturally See also:

• FRANK, JAKOB (1726-1791)

frank and open, and for this reason, notwithstanding his vices, more popular than his father . He revelled in bloody gladiatorial displays, and the sharpest swords used on such occasions were called " Drusine." See Tacitus, Annals, i . 76, iv . 8-II; Dio See also:

• CASSIUS
• CASSIUS, AVIDIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

Cassius lvii . 13, 14; Suetonius, Tiberius, 62; J . C . Tarver, Tiberius the See also:

• TYRANT (Gr. r6pavvos, master, ruler)

Tyrant (1902) .