Interim upright=0.8|thumb|Battle of Teutoburg Forest, by Otto Albert Koch (1909). After a distinguished start to his military career, Germanicus returned to Rome in late AD 9 to personally announce his victory. He was honored with a triumphal insignia (without an actual triumph) and the rank (not the actual title) of praetor. He was also given permission to be a candidate for consul before the regular time and the right to speak first in the Senate after the consuls.. According to Cassius Dio, Germanicus was a popular quaestor because he acted as an advocate as much in capital jurisdiction cases before Augustus as he did before lesser judges in standard quaestiones (trials). He successfully defended, for example, a quaestor accused of murder in AD 10 in which the prosecutor, fearing the jurors would find in favor of the defense out of deference for Germanicus, demanded a trial before Augustus..
interim upright=08|thumb|battle of teutoburg forest by otto albert koch (1909) after a distinguished start to his military career germanicus returned to rome in late ad 9 to personally announce his victory he was honored with a triumphal insignia (without an actual triumph) and the rank (not the actual title) of praetor he was also given permission to be a candidate for consul before the regular time and the right to speak first in the senate after the consuls according to cassius dio germanicus was a popular quaestor because he acted as an advocate as much in capital jurisdiction cases before augustus as he did before lesser judges in standard quaestiones (trials) he successfully defended for example a quaestor accused of murder in ad 10 in which the prosecutor fearing the jurors would find in favor of the defense out of deference for germanicus demanded a trial before augustus