Their father, Germanicus, who by his virtue and his successes had excited the suspicious jealousy of his uncle Tiberius, was by his distinct connivance, if not by his actual suggestion, atrociously poisoned in Syria.

Agrippina, after being subjected to countless cruel insults, was banished in the extremest poverty to the island of Pandataria.

Two of the elder brothers, Nero and Drusus Germanicus, were proclaimed public enemies: Nero was banished to the island Pontia, and there put to death; Drusus was kept a close prisoner in a secret prison of the palace.

Caius, the youngest, who is better known by the name Caligula, was summoned by Tiberius to his wicked retirement at Capreae, and there only saved his life by the most abject flattery and the most adroit submission.
Capreae is a little island of surpassing loveliness, forming one extremity of the Bay of Naples.

Its soil is rich, its sea bright and limpid, its breezes cool and healthful.