Tiberius reached him before his death.ĭrusus' conquests were extensive and well ‐garrisoned. In 9 as consul he fought his way to the Elbe but died in camp after falling from his horse. After celebrating an ovatio and receiving ornamenta triumphalia he attacked the Chatti in 10 as proconsul, and returned to Rome with Augustus and Tiberius. He began the year 11 in Rome as urban praetor, then marched as far as the Weser, leaving forts behind him. In 12, after routing two tribes that had raided Gaul, he sailed along a canal dug for the purpose, through the lakes into the sea, and won over the Frisii, who later helped him get away when his ships were stranded. Augustus entrusted the conquest of Germany to him, while Tiberius subdued the Balkans (12–9).
In 13, left in charge of the Three Gauls, he organized a census and on 1 August 12 founded an altar to Rome and Augustus at Lugdunum. In 15 with Tiberius he subdued the Raeti and Vindelici, and established the later via Claudia Augusta over the Alps into Italy. In 19 he was permitted to stand for magistracies five years before the legal ages, and in 18 was quaestor. After Tiberius Nero's death in 33 he was brought up by Octavian. Second son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla, younger brother of Tiberius, later emperor.
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