. he Rhineinto the ocean (Tac. Ann. xiii. 55, Hist. ). In his second campaign (11), Drusus sub-dued the Usipetes, invaded the country of theSicambri, and passed on through the territoryof the Cherusci as far as the Visurgis (Weser).On his return he was attacked by the unitedforces of the Germans, and defeated them withgreat slaughter.—In his third campaign (10),he conquered the Chatti and other Germantribes, and then returned to Rome, where he DEYADES was made consul for the following year.—Inhis fourth campaign (9), which he car
. he Rhineinto the ocean (Tac. Ann. xiii. 55, Hist. ). In his second campaign (11), Drusus sub-dued the Usipetes, invaded the country of theSicambri, and passed on through the territoryof the Cherusci as far as the Visurgis (Weser).On his return he was attacked by the unitedforces of the Germans, and defeated them withgreat slaughter.—In his third campaign (10),he conquered the Chatti and other Germantribes, and then returned to Rome, where he DEYADES was made consul for the following year.—Inhis fourth campaign (9), which he carried on asconsul, he advanced as far as the Albis (Elbe),sweeping everything before him. It is saidthat he had resolved to cross the Elbe, but wasdeterred by the apparition of a woman ofdimensions greater than human, who said tohim in the Latin tongue, Whither goest thou,insatiable Drusus ? The Fates forbid thee toadvance. Away ! The end of thy deeds andthy life is nigh (Dio Cass. Iv. 1; Suet. ). On the return of the army to the Rhine, DUILIUS 305. Coin of Drusus Senior. Drusus died in consequence of a fracture of hisleg, which happened through a fall from hishorse. Upon receiving tidings of the dangerousillness of Drusus, Tiberius immediately crossedthe Alps, and after travelling with extraordi-nary speed arrived in time to close the eyes ofhis brother. Tiberius brought the body toItaly : it was burnt in the field of Mars, and theashes deposited in the tomb of Augustus. ( 140; Val. Max. v. 5.)—5. Drusus Caesar,commonly called by modern writers DrususJunior, was the son of the emperor Tiberiusby his first wife, Vipsania. He married Livia,the sister of Germanicus. After the death ofAugustus, 14, he was sent into Pannonia toquell the mutiny of the legions. In 15 he wasconsul, and in 16 he was sent into Illyricum :he succeeded in fomenting dissension amongthe Germanic tribes, and destroyed the powerof Maroboduus. In 21 he was consul a secondtime; and in 22
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