In 41 BC, he fled Rome with Livia and Tiberius in tow, joining Antony's brother Lucius in Perusia. Tiberius Nero was forced to choose sides, and in his distrust of Octavian, he cast his lot with Mark Antony. Shortly afterwards, the second triumvirate began to break down, causing a dangerous situation in Rome as the triumvirs went to battle with each other. His son of the same name was born 16 November 42 BC, at Fondi, Italy.
But because of his previous alliance with the dictator, he was allowed to be elected praetor in 42 BC.Īround this time, he married his relative Livia Drusilla, whose father Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus was from the same gens. After Caesar's murder in 44 BC, when it seemed that the assassins were triumphant, he suggested that they be rewarded for their services to the state. Caesar further charged him with Roman colonies in Gaul and in other provinces.ĭespite his service with Caesar, he was a republican and optimate at heart. He achieved victory over the Egyptian navy, and was rewarded with a priesthood. He served as quaestor to Julius Caesar in 48 BC, commanding his fleet in the Alexandrian War. He was the father of the Roman Emperor Tiberius and the general Nero Claudius Drusus grandfather to Germanicus, Julius Caesar Drusus, Livilla and the Roman Emperor Claudius great-grandfather to Emperor Caligula and great- great-grandfather to Nero. His mother was a descendant of the Claudian Family.
His father Drusus Claudius Nero served under Pompey in 67 BC, battling the pirate menace, and was famous for recommending that the members of the Catiline Conspiracy be confined. He was a descendant of the original Tiberius Claudius Nero a consul, son of Appius Claudius Caecus the censor. 85 - 33 BC) was a member of the Claudian Family of ancient Rome.
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