Head of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (24-25 BCE, Louvre), premier general of Augustus, second husband of Augustus' daughter Julia, father of Gaius, Lucius, Agrippina Maior, Julia Minor, Agrippa Postumus, died in 12 BCE.

Coin of Augustus honoring his grandsons Gaius and Lucius Caesar (2 BCE-4CE, Pergamon Museum). In 17 BCE, Augustus adopted his grandsons as his sons; the inscription on the coin identifies them as consuls designate and "leaders of youth" (principes iuventutis). In 2 CE, Lucius Caesar, 19, died from an accident on his way to take up a command in Spain.

Coin of Augustus depicting Gaius Caesar on horseback (8 BCE, Pergamon Museum). The coin commemorates Augustus' introduction of his 12-year-old adopted son to the army in Gaul. Gaius still wears a bulla, which flies out from his neck and is emphasized on the coin by its exaggerated size. In 4 CE Gaius Caesar, 24, was wounded while suppressing a revolt in the East and died on his way back to Rome.

Statue of Drusus the Elder in military cuirass (first century BCE, Vatican Museum). Drusus, the younger son of Livia and her first husband, died in 9 BCE of wounds incurred while leading an army in Germany.

Marble head of Tiberius (first century CE, Hermitage Museum). In 11 BCE, Augustus married Julia to Tiberius; in 4 CE, after the death of Gaius Caesar, he adopted Tiberius as his son, and in 14 CE Tiberius succeeded Augustus as emperor.