Gaius, who was the heir of Augustus, had died of illness in Syria. Nero's father was the adopted son of Tiberius, who was himself the adoptive son of Augustus, whose adoptions were the result of the death of Gaius Caesar in February AD 4. Īs 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. 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). His maternal grandparents were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a close friend of Augustus, and Augustus' daughter Julia the Elder. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nero's paternal grandparents were Nero Claudius Drusus (Drusus the Elder) and Antonia Minor, daughter of Mark Antony and Octavia Minor. Nero was born around AD 6 to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder.
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