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Germanicus married Agrippina, the daughter of Marcus Agrippa and Julia, by whom he had nine children, two of whom died in their infancy, and another a few years after; a sprightly boy, whose effigy, in the character of a Cupid, Livia set up in the temple of Venus in the Capitol.
Augustus also placed 'another statue of him in his bed-chamber, and used to kiss it as often as he entered the apartment.
The rest survived their father; three daughters, Agrippina, Drusilla, and -Livilla, who were born in three successive years; and as many sons, Nero, Drusus, and Caius Caesar.
Nero and Drusus, at the accusation of Tiberius, were declared public.enemies.