Who Was Responsible For Murder Germanicus

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When Agrippina the Elder, returned to Italy carrying her popular husband 's ashes, she publicly declared Piso guilty of murder and hinted at the involvement of more hidden agents. Agrippina the Elder, believed that Tiberius had conspired to kill Germanicus, and “she waged a relentless vendetta against the emperor.”
Tiberius probably felt that he was blamed, by many people, for the death of the popular Germanicus; Tiberius had two motives to kill Germanicus: Germanicus was a potential rival of Tiberius himself, and he was a rival of Tiberius’ son, Drusus. With Germanicus dead, Tiberius had no rivals to worry about, and Drusus II could step into Germanicus’ place and become heir apparent.