The Persecution of Germanicus's Family

Agrippina and her two eldest sons, Nero Caesar and Druces Caesar, were tried and convicted on trumped up charges of attempting to overthrow the regime. Agrippina herself was exiled to a desolate island and after enduring years of beatings, she too died in 33 AD,. The only one of Germanicus's sons to survive was young Gaius, known to all by the nickname Caligula - who was too young to be considered a threat.