Drusus (name)
In the Roman Empire, Drusus was the cognomen of a branch of the plebeian family of the Livians and of some members of the Julio-Claudian dynasty .
Well-known namesake
- Gaius Livius Drusus (consul) , Roman politician, consul 147 BC. Chr.
- Gaius Livius Drusus (jurist) , Roman jurist
- Marcus Livius Drusus the Elder († 108 BC), Roman politician
- Marcus Livius Drusus the Younger (~ 124 BC – 91 BC), Roman politician
- Nero Claudius Drusus , also called Drusus Maior (the elder), was the brother of Tiberius
- Julius Caesar Drusus , also called Drusus Minor (the younger), was the son of Tiberius
- Drusus Caesar was the son of Germanicus
- Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus was the father of Livia
- Marcus Livius Drusus Libo was consul in 15 BC. Chr.
- Marcus Scribonius Libo Drusus was a grandson of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus ; he was suspected of plotting against Tiberius, Germanicus and Drusus the Younger in the year 16. He killed himself
- Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was the original name of the emperor Claudius
- Claudius Drusus was a son of Claudius
- Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus was the full adopted name of the emperor Nero