Nero Claudius Drusus, later Drusus Julius Caesar (adoptive name; 13 BC – 14 September 23 AD) was the only child of Roman Emperor Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. He was also a maternal cousin of the Emperor Caligula, a paternal cousin of the Emperor Claudius and a second cousin of the Emperor Nero.
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