Lusius Quietus Succeeds Trajan?

Augustus die in 23? Augustus' heir will be without any doubt Marcellus if he is still alive and his death is butterflied (OTL he die in september of 23). If he is already dead and Augustus had not make already any other choice (Julia will remarry with Agrippa only in 21) or if he is still alive but die on the schedule then any new husband of Julia or Marcellus' brothers-in-law or Tiberius can have a possibility to grab the power. The most likely option (specially if we are talking of Marcellus' and not directly Augustus' heir) is Drusus (younger son of Livia, Augustus' favourite step-son and husband of Antonia Minor, Augustus' youngest and favourite niece) and the most likely alternative Agrippa (who at the time was still married with his second wife, Marcella Major (OTL he divorced from her to marry her cousin Julia), the oldest of Octavia's children)
 
Augustus die in 23? Augustus' heir will be without any doubt Marcellus if he is still alive and his death is butterflied (OTL he die in september of 23). If he is already dead and Augustus had not make already any other choice (Julia will remarry with Agrippa only in 21) or if he is still alive but die on the schedule then any new husband of Julia or Marcellus' brothers-in-law or Tiberius can have a possibility to grab the power. The most likely option (specially if we are talking of Marcellus' and not directly Augustus' heir) is Drusus (younger son of Livia, Augustus' favourite step-son and husband of Antonia Minor, Augustus' youngest and favourite niece) and the most likely alternative Agrippa (who at the time was still married with his second wife, Marcella Major (OTL he divorced from her to marry her cousin Julia), the oldest of Octavia's children)

Wait, I thought when Augustus got seriously ill in 23, he kinda made it seem like if he up and died right then, he was leaving Agrippa as his heir?
 
Wait, I thought when Augustus got seriously ill in 23, he kinda made it seem like if he up and died right then, he was leaving Agrippa as his heir?
Maybe he was thinking who his rule was not strong and consolidate enough, too new and Marcellus too young for take the power and Agrippa was his most trusted and brilliant general and being much older and Marcellus' brother-in-law was not a danger for his nephew (Augustus at that time was the only ruler of Rome for less than ten years)
 
When Augustus was ill in 23 AD and close to death, he gave Calpurnius Piso, his colleague as consul the breviarium, a list of all imperial assets. And he gave Agrippa his signet ring, which probably means the power over the caesarian family & clients. Historians are surprised that Marcellus played no role.
 
When Augustus was ill in 23 AD and close to death, he gave Calpurnius Piso, his colleague as consul the breviarium, a list of all imperial assets. And he gave Agrippa his signet ring, which probably means the power over the caesarian family & clients. Historians are surprised that Marcellus played no role.
Yeah, that's what I thought. I guess it was because Marcellus was only 19 or 20. Augustus may have been thinking something along the lines of what he was thinking when he adopted Tiberius and made Tiberius adopt Germanicus.
 
Augustus private heir (as head of family, name, clientes and property) was surely Marcellus (his nephew and son-in-law); the only thing who Augustus will likely left to Agrippa in 23 is his political heritage aka the leadership of the Caesarian party
 
Augustus private heir (as head of family, name, clientes and property) was surely Marcellus (his nephew and son-in-law); the only thing who Augustus will likely left to Agrippa in 23 is his political heritage aka the leadership of the Caesarian party

That seems about right.
 
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