Germanicus
historical figure · 3 works · 4 mentions · 4 anchored passages
his father Germanicus · my brother Germanicus
in the texts
The Rights of War and Peace
Roman general whose title is used to illustrate the distinction between prince and king.
and when Piso, in Tacitus calls Germanicus the son of a Roman Prince, not of a Parthian King;
” Tacitus also relates the substance of a dispatch sent to Caecina by Germanicus, wherein he declares, that “if the ringleaders of the mutinous and rebellious legions are not immediately punished, he will advance with his army, and put the whole to the sword.
Consolation to Polybius
Brother of the imagined imperial speaker (within Caesar's speech), whose loss is cited as the culminating personal exemplum.
I lost my brother Germanicus;
On Benefits
Father of Gaius Caesar (Caligula), cited as the true source of merit behind his son's elevation
It was given to his father Germanicus, to his grandfather and great-grandfather, and before these to other men no less illustrious, even if they passed their lives as private persons and the equals of others.