Drusus (38 - 9 B.C) was the elder son of
Livia, wife of
Augustus Caesar. He married
Antonia Minor, the daughter of
Mark Antony, and one of their children was the emperor
Claudius.
Drusus was in line to be Augustus's heir as emperor, but his republican leanings put him in conflict with the rest of the imperial family, and when he was wounded in battle -- he was the foremost soldier of Rome and usually referred to as "the noble Drusus" -- he was allowed to die of it, clearing the way for his younger brother Tiberius to succeed Augustus.
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