person
Germanicus Julius Caesar
Germanicus
Roman general and imperial heir, nephew and adopted son of Tiberius and himself a poet; the dedicatee of Ovid's revised Fasti.
Reading notes
- Letters from the Black Sea §2.1 us, Germanicus
Germanicus, adoptive grandson of Augustus and nephew of Tiberius, a celebrated general and man of letters; Ovid courts him as a future patron and prophesies his own triumph.
- The Festivals §proem Germanicus
Germanicus Julius Caesar, imperial prince and poet, to whom Ovid dedicates the revised Fasti.
- The Festivals §4.proem Germanicus
Germanicus Julius Caesar, the dedicatee of the Fasti, addressed here as guardian of April and of Ovid's native Sulmo.