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1. Agrippina, a direct descendant of Augustus, was thus the wife and niece of Claudius, the sister of Caligula, and eventually, the mother of another emperor.
2. Agrippina was a niece to Claudius, a daughter of Claudius’ late brother Germanicus.
3. Agrippina was the granddaughter of Augustus, by way of his only daughter Julia, and her husband, Augustus' faithful friend and confidant Agrippa.
4. Agrippina was the first daughter and fourth living child of Agrippina the Elder and Germanicus.
5. Agrippina was the wife of the general, statesman Germanicus and a relative to the first Roman Emperors.

Memory

1. After the death of Agrippina, Tiberius wickedly slandered her memory. (Web site)

Execution

1. After the execution of his wife Messalina, Claudius gets senatorial approval to marry his niece, Agrippina.

October

1. October 13 - Roman Empire emperor Claudius dies after being poisoned by Agrippina, his wife and niece. (Web site)
2. On October 13, 54, Claudius died, perhaps by natural causes or perhaps murdered by Agrippina. (Web site)

Control

1. She lost control over Nero when he began to have an affair with freedwoman Claudia Acte, which Agrippina strongly disapproved and violently scolded him. (Web site)

Power

1. Nero was so furious with his mother, Agrippina, because she was sharing the power with him, that he told soldiers to kill her.

Way

1. They entreated, stopped the way, that Agrippina might return and remain, some running to meet her, while most of them went back to Germanicus. (Web site)

Regent

1. Since Nero was not yet seventeen years old, Agrippina the younger first acted as regent.

Three

1. By Julia, Agrippa h a d three so n s andt wo daughters, one of whom, Agrippina t h e Elder, married th e Romangene ral Germanicus Cae sar.

Three Daughters

1. Agrippina the younger was one of three daughters of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. (Web site)

Handel Opera Agrippina

1. A fictionalised account of Agrippina the Younger forms the basis of the Handel opera Agrippina.

Nephew Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus

1. They had raised their nephew Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus, who's father was murdered by Agrippina the Younger.

Julia Drusilla

1. Like with Agrippina, Julia Drusilla or Drusilla (16 - 38) was rarely indicated by the Julia Caesaris reference.

Nero Caesar

1. Agrippina and her sons Drusus and Nero Caesar were arrested in 29 on the orders of Tiberius. (Web site)

Lucius Paulus

1. He married Julia to Lucius Paulus, the censor's son, and Agrippina to Germanicus, his sister's grandson. (Web site)

Germanicus Caesar

1. In 20 AD, she married her cousin Nero Caesar, the son of Germanicus Caesar and Agrippina the Elder.

Colonia Agrippina

1. Before long, after some successful border skirmishes, Postumus took control of Colonia Agrippina, and put the young heir and his guardian to death. (Web site)

Vipsania Agrippina

1. From Agrippa’s previous two marriages, Agrippina had two half-sisters: Vipsania Agrippina and Vipsania Marcella Agrippina. (Web site)

Agrippina Vaganova

1. Galina was trained in classical ballet by her mother and by Agrippina Vaganova at the Leningrad Choreographic School. (Web site)

Poison

1. Agrippina later stated that Tiberius tried to poison her. (Web site)

Empress

1. The emperor Claudius dies in agony at Rome October 13 at age 63 in a plot inspired by the empress Agrippina the Younger.
2. In 51, Agrippina the Younger, then married to Claudius and Empress, removed him from this position. (Web site)

Children

1. Agrippina the Elder was too ambitious to spend the rest of her life in quiet widowhood with her children. (Web site)

Women

1. On one occasion, Galba's mother-in-law gave Agrippina, in a whole bevy of married women, a public reprimand and a slap in the face. (Web site)
2. On one occasion Lepida�s mother gave Agrippina the Younger in a whole bevy of married women a public reprimand and slapped her in the face. (Web site)

Rhine

1. And had not Agrippina prevented the bridge over the Rhine from being destroyed, some in their cowardice would have dared that base act. (Web site)
2. Cologne has its beginnings in the town of Colonia Agrippina built on the left bank of the Rhine at the site of Oppidum Ubiorum, chief town of the Ubii.

Venice

1. His Rodrigo was produced at Florence in 1707, and his Agrippina at Venice in 1708. (Web site)

Year

1. Agrippina was born in Athens, as in the year of her birth Agrippa was in that city completing official duties on behalf of Augustus.

Birth

1. Thence he directed his course to Euboea and crossed to Lesbos, where Agrippina for the last time was confined and gave birth to Julia. (Web site)

Dinner

1. At dinner, Tiberius offered Agrippina an apple as a test of Agrippina’s feelings for the emperor. (Web site)
2. This was the last time that Tiberius invited Agrippina to his dinner table. (Web site)

Coins

1. His coins were the first issued devoted entirely to a woman, Agrippina the Elder. (Web site)

Uncles

1. Step brothers marrying stepsisters, uncles (claudius) marrying nieces (Agrippina), cousins marrying cousins. (Web site)

Uncle

1. In Roman society, an uncle (Claudius) marrying his niece (Agrippina) was considered an incestuous relationship, and a subject of controversy at the time.

Older

1. Pre-ballet and ballet instruction in the method developed by Agrippina Vaganova for ages 5 and older in Oakland, California. (Web site)

Roman Emperor

1. Caligula, a Roman emperor, was son of Ger- manicus by Agrippina. (Web site)

Senate

1. The Senate approved, the Praetorians laughed, and Agrippina reached the throne. (Web site)

Succession

1. Agrippina had motive in ensuring the succession of Nero before Britannicus could gain power. (Web site)

Heir

1. He was poisoned by his wife, Agrippina, after her son Nero was named as heir. (Web site)

Grandmother

1. BC – AD 33) was the wife of Germanicus Caesar, mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger, and grandmother of Nero.

Sister

1. Britannicus was poisoned at a dinner party attended by his sister, Claudia Octavia, Agrippina, and several other notables.

Mushrooms

1. After their wedding, Agrippina persuaded Claudius to adopt her son, Nero, and then promptly poisoned the old man with mushrooms.

Gaul

1. He was chosen emperor at Agrippina, a city of Gaul. (Web site)
2. She bore him two children in Gaul, a boy and Agrippina the Younger in the Rhine frontier. (Web site)

Germania

1. The well regarded Germanicus was a candidate for the succession and had won fame campaigning in Germania and Gaul, where he was accompanied by Agrippina.

Roman Army

1. When the news spread that Agrippina died the Roman army, senate and various people had sent him letters of congratulations, that he murdered his mother.

Brother

1. Agrippina and Livilla were exiled by their brother to the Pontine Islands.

Name

1. Nero. He is believed to have changed his name at the insistence of his mother, Agrippina.

Exile

1. After March 59, when Agrippina the Younger was murdered, her son Nero brought Calvina back from exile.

Favor

1. Lucius' mother, Agrippina, lost favor with Caligula and was exiled in 39 after her husband's death.

First Marriage

1. Agrippina the Younger had a son from her first marriage, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (future Emperor Nero).
2. Augustus had forced his first stepson Tiberius to end his happy first marriage to Vipsania Agrippina to marry Julia the Elder.

Categories

1. Government > Empires > Emperors > Claudius
2. Government > Empires > Emperors > Germanicus
3. Government > Empires > Emperors > Nero
4. Government > Empires > Emperors > Caligula
5. Society > Culture > Names > Julia

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