Background
He was a son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. Drusus married Aemilia Lepida, daughter of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, his second cousin.
He was a son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. Drusus married Aemilia Lepida, daughter of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, his second cousin.
In 36, she was charged with adultery with a slave and committed suicide, "since there was no question about her guilt" (Tacitus, Annals 640). Drusus" paternal grandparents were Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor. He was adopted by his paternal great-uncle Tiberius after Tiberius" own son, Julius Caesar Drusus, had died.
Drusus Caesar was later accused of plotting against Tiberius.
He starved to death in prison in 33, reduced to chewing the stuffing of his bed (Annals 623).