Drusus

Drusus was cognomen of a branch of the plebeian family of the Livii and some members of the Julio- Claudian dynasty of the Roman Empire.

Well-known bearers of the name

• Gaius Livius Drusus was consul in the year 147 BC
• 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), the brother of Tiberius was
• Julius Caesar Drusus, also called Drusus Minor ( the younger), son of Tiberius was
• Drusus Caesar was the son of Germanicus
• Marcus Livius Drusus Claudianus was the father of Livia
• Marcus Livius Drusus Libo was consul in the year 15 BC
• Marcus Drusus Libo Scribonius was a grandson of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus; he was suspected of having conspired against the younger in 16 Tiberius, Germanicus and Drusus. He killed himself
• Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was the original name of the Emperor Claudius
• Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus was the full name of the Emperor Nero adopted

• Roman personal name