Editing Germanicus (section)

==Name==
[[File:Germanicus Aureus.png|thumb|upright|left|[[Aureus]] with the portrait of Germanicus]]
Germanicus's ''[[praenomen]]'' (personal name) at birth is unknown, but he was probably named Nero Claudius Drusus after [[Nero Claudius Drusus|his father]] (conventionally called "Drusus"), or possibly Tiberius Claudius Nero after [[Tiberius|his paternal uncle]].<ref>{{harvnb|Simpson|1981|p=368}}.</ref> Some historians such as [[Iosif Constantin Drăgan]] believe he may have been named Decimus Claudius Nero or Decimus Claudius Drusus at his ''[[Dies lustricus]]'', since his father's ''praenomen'' at birth<ref group="note">The time and reason for the elder Drusus' name change is unknown. See [[Nero Claudius Drusus#Name]] for more information.</ref> was "[[Decimus (praenomen)|Decimus]]".<ref>{{Cite book |title=Mileniul imperial al Daciei |last=Drăgan |first=Iosif |publisher=Editura Științifică și Enciclopedică |year=1986 |isbn= |pages=264 |language=ru}}</ref> He took the ''[[agnomen]]'' (nickname) "Germanicus", awarded posthumously to his father in honor of his victories in [[Germania]], at which point he nominally became head of the family in 9 BC.<ref name="Swan249">{{harvnb|Swan|2004|p=249}}.</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Levick|2012|pp=11–12}}.</ref> By AD 4 his uncle Tiberius adopted Germanicus as his son and heir. As a result, Germanicus was adopted out of the ''gens Claudia'' and into that of the ''gens Julia''. In accordance with [[Roman naming conventions]], he adopted the name "Julius Caesar" while retaining his ''agnomen'', becoming Germanicus Julius Caesar.<ref group="note">His ''agnomen'', "Germanicus", was a ''cognomen ex virtute'', and would at first be a suffix at the end of his full name, and became the first part of his full name following his adoption into the ''Julii'', as his original ''praenomen'' and ''nomen'' were removed, "Germanicus" was retained, and thus attained usage as his ''praenomen'' preceding the new additions (the ''nomen'' "Julius", and ''cognomen'' "Caesar", respectively) {{harv|Possanza|2004|p=225}}.</ref> Upon Germanicus' adoption into the ''Julii'', his brother [[Claudius]] became the sole legal representative of his father, inheriting the ''agnomen'' "Germanicus" as the new head of the family.<ref>{{harvnb|Gibson|2013|p=9}}.</ref>