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Germanicus Julius Caesar was a Roman general and politician most famously known for his campaigns against Arminius in Germania. The son of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia the Younger, Germanicus was born into an influential branch of the patrician gens Claudia. The agnomen Germanicus was added to his full name in 9 BC when it was posthumously awarded to his father in honor of his victories in Ger…
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culture · Roman general (15 BC–19 AD) · politician · writer · poet · military leader · also Germanicus, Germanicus Julius Caesar, Nero Claudius Drusus, Germanicus Caesar, Cæsar Germanicus, Caesar Germanicus
Born 15 BC · Died 10 October 0019 · Q191039
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s Phainomena, which survives, wherein he rewrites the contents of the original. For example, he replaces the opening hymn to Zeus with a passage in honor of the Roman emperor. He avoided writing in the poetic style of Cicero, who had translated his own version of the Phainomena, and he wrote in a new style to meet the expectations of a Roman audience whose tastes were shaped by
I am nursing a viper for the Roman people, and a Phaëthon for the whole world.
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“s Phainomena, which survives, wherein he rewrites the contents of the original. For example, he replaces the opening hymn to Zeus with a passage in honor of the Roman emperor. He avoided writing in the poetic style of Cicero, who had translated his own version of the Phainomena, and he wrote in a new style to meet the expectations of a Roman audience whose tastes were shaped by”
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welt.de: Germanicus in Germanien: „Alles Volk wurde erschlagen“
WDR: Stichtag: 21. März 15: Germanicus beginnt Feldzug in Germanien
“I am nursing a viper for the Roman people, and a Phaëthon for the whole world.”
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Died 0019-10-10.
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Awarded Roman triumph (0017).
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Earned Olympic victor, tethrippon (4-horse chariot) (0017).
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