By what name is Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus better known?
Gaius Julius Caesar He was the founder of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of emperors, which endured for more than ninety years. Born "Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa" in 20 BC, he was the son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and grandson of Augustus. As the emperor had no sons, he adopted Gaius, who became Gaius Julius Caesar, and his brother, Lucius, in the hope that they would succeed him. But he died in AD 4, two years after Lucius Caesar. Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. He succeeded to the empire on the death of Tiberius,
Gaius Julius Caesar (name) can also be found, however rarely: "Gaius Iulius Gai(i) filius Gai(i) nepos Caesar" ("Gaius Julius Caesar, son of Gaius, grandson of Gaius"). Caesar often spoke of himself only as "Caius Caesar", omitting the "nomen gentile Iulius". After his senatorial consecration as Divus Iulius in 42 BC, the "dictator perpetuo" bore the posthumous name "Imperator Gaius Iulius Caesar Divus" (, best translated as "Commander [and] God Gaius Julius Caesar"), which is mostly given as his official historical name. Suetonius also speaks of the additional cognomen "Pater Patriae", which would render Caesar's complete name as "Imperator Gaius Iulius Caesar Pater Patriae Divus".