Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus

Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus
Nero Julius Caesar, National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona
Born	c. AD 6
Died	AD 31(or 30) Ponza
Burial	Mausoleum of Augustus
Spouse	Julia
House	Julio-Claudian dynasty
Father	Germanicus
Mother	Agrippina the Elder

Nero Julius Caesar Germanicus (c. AD 6–31) was the adopted son and heir of Tiberius, alongside his brother Drusus.

Nero was born into the prominent Julio-Claudian dynasty the son of Tiberius' general and heir, Germanicus. Nero was adopted together with his brother Drusus following the death of Tiberius' son Drusus the Younger in September AD 23. He was the heir of Tiberius until his exile by the powerful Praetorian Prefect Sejanus in AD 29. In AD 31, he died in exile on the island of Ponza. His brother Drusus also died in exile in AD 33. Their deaths allowed for the adoption and ascension of their brother, Gaius Caligula, following the death of Tiberius in AD 37.

Nero was born around AD 6 to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. Nero's paternal grandparents were Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus the Elder) and Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor. His maternal grandparents were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a close friend of Augustus, and Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder. Nero had seven siblings: four brothers (Tiberius and Gaius Julius, who died young; Drusus Caesar; and Gaius, nicknamed "Caligula") and three sisters (Agrippina the Younger, Julia Drusilla, and Julia Livilla).

As a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, he was a close relative of all five Julio-Claudian emperors: his great-grandfather Augustus was the first emperor of the dynasty, his great-uncle Tiberius was the second emperor, his brother Gaius (Caligula) was the third emperor, his uncle Claudius was the fourth emperor, and his nephew Lucius Domitius (Nero) was the fifth and final emperor of the dynasty.