Nero Claudius Drusus

Roman general and statesman (38–9 BC)

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Lived -38–-9, aged 29Italy
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    -38–-9
    Aged 29
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Updated 2026-06-08

He pushed Rome's frontier past the Rhine and became the first Roman general to reach the Elbe — then died from a riding accident at 29, leaving a conquest half-finished and a bloodline that would produce four emperors.

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Nero Claudius Drusus was born in 38 BC, the son of Livia Drusilla and stepson of Augustus; his brother was Tiberius, his son Claudius, his grandson Caligula. In 12 BC he launched the first major Roman campaigns across the Rhine, subjugating the Sicambri, conquering the Batavi and Frisii by sea, and defeating the Chauci near the Weser. Over the next three years he extended Roman control through relentless advance: the Usipetes and Marsi in 11 BC, the Chatti and Sicambri in 10 BC, then — as consul in 9 BC — the Mattiaci, Marcomanni, and Cherusci, the last fought near the Elbe. He took enemy chie…

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