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Germanicus ( 24 May 15 BC  10 October AD 19 ) was a member of the Julio - Claudian dynasty and a prominent general of the early ___MASK26___ . He was born in ___MASK27___ , Italia , to Nero Claudius Drusus and his wife Antonia Minor . His original name at birth was either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father , or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle , the second ___MASK53___ emperor Tiberius . The agnomen " Germanicus " was added to his full name in 9 BC when it was posthumously awarded to his father in honour of his victories in Germania . By AD 4 he was adopted as Tiberius ' son and heir . As a result , Germanicus was adopted out of the Claudii and into the Julii . In accordance with ___MASK53___ naming conventions , he adopted the name Germanicus Julius Caesar . ___MASK42___ is the region of ___MASK10___ western Italy in which the city of ___MASK27___ was founded and grew to be the capital city of the ___MASK26___ . ___MASK42___ was originally a small triangle of fertile , volcanic soil on which resided the tribe of the Latins or Latians . It was located on the left bank ( east and south ) of the Tiber river , extending northward to the Anio river ( a left - bank tributary of the Tiber ) and southeastward to the Pomptina Palus ( Pontine Marshes , now the Pontine Fields ) as far south as the Circeian promontory . The right bank of the Tiber was occupied by the Etruscan city of Veii , and the other borders were occupied by Italic tribes . Subsequently , ___MASK27___ defeated Veii and then its Italic neighbors , expanding ___MASK42___ to the Apennine Mountains in the northeast and to the opposite end of the marsh in the southeast . The modern descendant , the Italian " Regione " of Lazio , also called " ___MASK42___ " in Latin , and occasionally in modern English , is somewhat larger still , but not as much as double the original ___MASK42___ . Nero ( Latin : " Ner Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus "; 15 December 37 AD  9 June 68 AD ) was ___MASK53___ Emperor from 54 to 68 , and the last in the Julio - Claudian dynasty . Nero was adopted by his great - uncle Claudius to become his heir and successor , and acceded to the throne in 54 following Claudius ' death . ___MASK35___ (; ) is one of the 20 administrative regions of Italy , situated in the central peninsular section of the country . With almost 5 . 9 million residents and a GDP of more than 170 billion euros , ___MASK35___ is the second most populated region of Italy ( having approximately the same in population as ___MASK51___ ), and has the second largest economy of the nation . Its capital is ___MASK27___ , capital and largest city of Italy . The term Julio - Claudian dynasty refers to the first five ___MASK53___ emperors  Augustus , Tiberius , Caligula , Claudius , and Nero  or the family to which they belonged . They ruled the ___MASK26___ from its formation under Augustus in the second half of the 1st century ( 44 / 31 / 27 ) BC , until AD 68 when the last of the line , Nero , committed suicide . Saints Basilissa and Anastasia ( died 68 AD ) are early Christian martyrs of ___MASK27___ . According to legend , the two women were students of the Apostles Peter and Paul and of the noble class . They bravely buried the bodies of Christians who had been tortured to death under the reign of Nero . They were eventually arrested and tortured , but refused to forsake Christianity . They were then beheaded with a sword . Their feast is April 15 . The Italian Peninsula or Apennine Peninsula (" Penisola appenninica ") is the ___MASK10___ and the smallest of the three large peninsulas of Southern Europe ( between the Iberian Peninsula and the Balkan Peninsula ). It extends from the Po Valley in the north to the ___MASK10___ Mediterranean ___MASK76___ in the south . The peninsula ' s shape gives it the nickname " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). Three smaller peninsulas contribute to this characteristic shape , namely Calabria ( the " toe "), Salento ( the " heel ") and Gargano ( the " spur "). The ___MASK53___ emperor was the ruler of the ___MASK26___ during the ___MASK82___ period ( starting in 27 BC ). The emperors used a variety of different titles throughout history . Often when a given ___MASK53___ is described as becoming " emperor " in English , it reflects his taking of the title " Augustus " or " Caesar ". Another title often used was " imperator ", originally a military honorific . Early Emperors also used the title " princeps " ( first citizen ). Emperors frequently amassed republican titles , notably " Princeps Senatus ", " Consul " and " Pontifex Maximus ". The European ___MASK77___ ( EU ) is a political and economic ___MASK77___ of member states that are located primarily in Europe . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and ___MASK85___ affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary ___MASK77___ was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . The ( plural : "") is a basic administrative division in ___MASK99___ , roughly equivalent to a township or municipality . ___MASK99___ , officially the Italian Republic , is a unitary parliamentary republic in Europe . Located in the heart of the Mediterranean ___MASK76___ , ___MASK99___ shares open land borders with France , Switzerland , ___MASK79___ , Slovenia , San Marino and Vatican City . ___MASK99___ covers an area of and has a largely temperate seasonal climate and Mediterranean climate ; due to its shape , it is often referred to in ___MASK99___ as " lo Stivale " ( the Boot ). With 61 million inhabitants , it is the fourth most populous EU member state . ___MASK27___ is a city and special " comune " ( named " ___MASK64___ Capitale ") in Italy . ___MASK27___ is the capital of Italy and of the Lazio region . With 2 , 870 , 336 residents in , it is also the country ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits . The Metropolitan City of ___MASK27___ has a population of 4 . 3 million residents . The city is located in the central - western portion of the Italian Peninsula , within Lazio ( Latium ), along the shores of Tiber river . The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries of ___MASK27___ , the only existing example of a country within a city : for this reason ___MASK27___ has been often defined as capital of two states . The Tiber ( Latin " Tiberis ", Italian "") is the third - longest river in ___MASK99___ , rising in the Apennine Mountains in Emilia - ___MASK5___ and flowing through Umbria and Lazio , where it is joined by the Aniene river , to the Tyrrhenian ___MASK76___ , between ___MASK52___ and Fiumicino . It drains a basin estimated at . The river has achieved lasting fame as the main watercourse of the city of Rome , founded on its eastern banks . ___MASK89___ , officially ___MASK89___ State or the State of ___MASK89___ , is a walled enclave within the city of ___MASK27___ . With an area of approximately 44 hectares ( 110 acres ), and a population of 842 , it is the smallest State in the world by both area and population , but formally it is not sovereign , sovereignty being held by the Holy See , the only entity of public international law that has diplomatic relations with almost every country in the world . Claudius ( 1 ___MASK78___ 10 BC  13 October 54 AD ) was ___MASK53___ emperor from 41 to 54 . A member of the Julio - Claudian dynasty , he was the son of Drusus and Antonia Minor . He was born at Lugdunum in Gaul , the first ___MASK53___ Emperor to be born outside Italy . Because he was afflicted with a limp and slight deafness due to sickness at a young age , his family ostracized him and excluded him from public office until his consulship , shared with his nephew Caligula in 37 .