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Nero Claudius Drusus
Nero Claudius Drusus, known as Drusus the Elder, was a Roman general, stepson of the emperor Augustus and younger brother of Tiberius. From 12 to 9 BCE he led campaigns across the Rhine against the Sugambri, Chatti, Cherusci and other Germanic peoples, reaching the Elbe, and he dug a canal and sailed along the North Sea coast. He died in 9 BCE after a fall from his horse and was given the posthumous title Germanicus.
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