Drusus
the name of several distinguished Romans, among whom were: MARCUS LIVIUS, orator and politician; DRYDEN became tribune of the people in 122 B. C. He opposed the policy of Caius Gracchus, and became popular by planting colonies. MARCUS LIVIUS, son of the above, was early a strong champion of the senate or artistocratic party, but showed great skill in manipulating the mob. He rose to be tribune of the people, and was assassinated 91 B. C. NERO CLAUDIUS, brother of the Emperor Tiberius, born 38 B. C. By a series of brilliant campaigns he extended the Roman empire to the German Ocean and the river Elbe, and was hence called Germanicus. By his wife Antonia, daughter of Mark Antony, he had a daughter, Livia, and two sons, Germanicus and Claudius, the latter of whom afterward became emperor. He died in 9 B. C.