after being recalled from germania, germanicus celebrated a triumph in rome in ad 17, the first full triumph that the city had seen since augustus's own in 29 bc. as a result, in ad 18 germanicus was granted control over the eastern part of the empire, just as both agrippa and tiberius had received before, and was clearly the successor to tiberius. but tragedy struck once again, as germanicus died after a year, apparently poisoned.