Born: AD12/08/31 Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, near Treviri, in the village of Ambitarvium, just above the junction of the Rhine and the Moselle.
Father: Germanicus Tiberius Caesar, son of Drusus and Antonia daughter of Marcus Antonius.
Mother: Agrippina, daughter of M. Agrippa and Julia daughter of Augustus.
Emperor: AD37/03/16 Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus.
Died: AD41/01/24 assassinated by Cassius Chaerea and Gaius Sabinus, just past midday.
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- AD19 father Germanicus dies (poisoned) in Antioch
- AD27 uncle Tiberius takes up residence on Capri
- c.AD28 incestuous relationship with sister Drusilla
- AD29 mother Agrippina exiled to Pandateria
- AD30 went to live with Tiberius on Capri
- AD31 brother Nero commits suicide
- AD33 brother Drusus dies in prison; mother Agrippina starves to death
- AD33 married wife1, Junia Claudilla, daughter of M. Silanus, died in childbirth
- c.AD34 mistress Ennia Naevia (Thrasylla), at the time married to Macro the Praetorian commander
- AD37/03/16 Tiberius dies (suffoccated by Macro)
- AD37/03/18 senate invests Gaius with sole power; Hailed imperator ;Tribunicia Potestas I, renewed annually
- AD37/05/01 grandmother Antonia dies
- AD37/07/01 to 08/31 consul I (suffectus), with uncle Claudius
- AD37 (Sep.) falls seriously ill
- AD37 (Oct.) recovers, but has severe mental disorder
- AD37 (Nov.) Tiberius Gemellus executed
- AD37 (Dec.) Macro tricked into relinquishing command of praetorians, and forced to suicide
- AD37 (late) married 2nd wife, Livia (Cornelia) Orestilla, stolen from the nuptual bed of her husband G. Calpurnius Piso, divorced within 2 months
- AD38 married 3rd wife, Lollia Paulina, wife of G. Memmius Regulus a governor of consular rank, divorced after 1 night
- AD38/06/10 sister Drusilla dies and is deified; G. seeks solace in a journey thru Campania to Sicily
- AD39 consul II; married wife4, Caesonia (Milonia), had 3 daughters by a previous marriage
- AD39 (early) delivered a searing address to senate, accusing senators of complicity in executions of Tiberius' reign
- AD39 (summer) built bridge of boats at Baiae
- AD39/08/18 Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, commander of Rhine armies, charged with conspiracy and executed.
- AD39 (Sep.) dimissed both consuls from office, on charges of treachery
- AD39 (late Sep.) starts for Germany, via Gaul
- AD39 wintered in Lugdunum
- AD40 consul III; arrived at Rhine frontier; Galba installed as successor of Gaeticulus; campaigning against the Germans; British invasion abandoned
- AD40 (early?) birth of daughter, Julia Drusilla
- AD40 (May) arrives back at Rome "with sword in hand"
- AD40 (late) assumes the role and trappings of a god; builds a temple to himself on the Palatine; whispers confidences with statue of Jupiter Capitolinus
- AD41 consul IV
- AD41/01/24 Gaius, Caesonia & infant Julia Drusilla assassinated by Chaerea & Sabinus
Prostitutes: Pyrallis
Male Lovers: M. Lepidus, Mnester the Comedian, Valerius Catullus
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