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In the first months of Nero ’ s reign Agrippina controlled her son and the Empire.

She lost control over Nero when he began to have an affair with the freedwoman Claudia Acte, which Agrippina strongly disapproved of and violently scolded him for.

Agrippina began to support Britannicus in her attempt to make him emperor.

Britannicus was secretly poisoned on Nero ’ s orders during a banquet in February 55.

The power struggle between Agrippina and her son had begun.