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DRUSUS

Drusus was the name of several distinguished Romans, among whom were:

Marcus Livius, an orator and politician. He became tribune of the people in 122 BC. He opposed the policy of Caius Gracchus, and became popular by planting colonies.

Marcus Livius, son of Marcus Livius, who was early a strong champion of the senate or aristocratic party, but showed great skill in manipulating the mob. He rose to be tribune of the people, and was assassinated in 91 BC.

Nero Claudius brother of the Emperor Tiberius. He was born in 38 BC and died in 9 BC. By a series of brilliant campaigns he extended the Roman empire to the German Ocean and the river Elbe, and was hence called Germanicus. By his wife Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony, he had a daughter, Livia, and two sons, Germanicus and Claudius, the latter of whom afterwards became emperor.
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