Blood of the Caesars: How the Murder of Germanicus Led to the Fall of RomeWiley, 26. feb. 2008 - 288 strani Could the killing of Germanicus Julius Caesar—the grandson of Mark Antony, adopted son of the emperor Tiberius, father of Caligula, and grandfather of Nero—while the Roman Empire was still in its infancy have been the root cause of the empire's collapse more than four centuries later? This brilliant investigation of Germanicus Caesar’s death and its aftermath is both a compelling history and first-class murder mystery with a plot twist Agatha Christie would envy. |
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... slaves of the city and arm them . Agrippa scoffed at this , saying that slaves didn't know how to draw a sword , let alone use one . When he volunteered to go to see Claudius as an official ambassador of the Senate , the senators gladly ...
... slaves of the city and arm them . Agrippa scoffed at this , saying that slaves didn't know how to draw a sword , let alone use one . When he volunteered to go to see Claudius as an official ambassador of the Senate , the senators gladly ...
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... slaves , were not Roman citizens , and did not feel the same attachment to the family of the Caesars that the citizen soldiers of the Praetorian Guard and the le- gions did . Marines were actually on the lowest rung of the Roman mili ...
... slaves , were not Roman citizens , and did not feel the same attachment to the family of the Caesars that the citizen soldiers of the Praetorian Guard and the le- gions did . Marines were actually on the lowest rung of the Roman mili ...
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... slave freed by Seneca . Doctors in Roman times were almost exclusively Greek slaves or freedmen . When a slave was freed , he generally took part of his former master's name ; Statius may well have been a slave who took the Annaeus ...
... slave freed by Seneca . Doctors in Roman times were almost exclusively Greek slaves or freedmen . When a slave was freed , he generally took part of his former master's name ; Statius may well have been a slave who took the Annaeus ...
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The Murder of Germanicus Caesar | 5 |
The Immediate Aftermath | 15 |
The Return to Rome | 25 |
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accused Agrippa Agrippina the Elder Agrippina the Younger Anicetus Annals Antonia appointed army assassination Augustus Baiae Bauli Britannicus brother Burrus Caligula Cassius Dio centurion Chaerea charge Claudius Claudius's cohorts consul Daphne daughter death of Germanicus Drusus Germanicus Drusus the Younger Egypt emperor emperor's mother empire freedman friends Gaius Gallus German Guard Germanicus and Agrippina Germanicus's Germanicus's death Gnaeus governor House husband Ibid icus imperial Josephus Julia Julius Caesar kill legionaries legions letter Lives Livia Livilla Lucius Macro manicus Marcus married Messalina military murder of Germanicus Nero Nero Germanicus Nero's night Octavia officer orders palace Palatium Parthians Piso's plot poison praetor Praetorian Guard Praetorian prefect prosecution province quaestor return to Rome Rhine Roman Rome Rome's Sabinus says Tacitus Sejanus Sejanus's Senate Seneca sent Sentius Servaeus ship slaves soldiers Suetonius Suillius sword Syria Tacitus throne Tiberius Tiberius's Tigellinus trial tribune troops villa Vitellius wife young