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Agrippina's two elder brothers and her mother were victims of the intrigues of the Praetorian Prefect Lucius Aelius Sejanus.
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Throughout her life, Agrippina always prized her descent from Augustus, upbraiding Tiberius for persecuting the blood of his predecessor ; Tacitus, in writing of the occasion, believed this behaviour to be part of the beginning of " the chain of events leading to Agrippina's end.
This in turn meant that Tiberius was also Agrippina's adoptive grandfather in addition to her paternal great-uncle.
Agrippina's paternal uncle, Claudius, brother of her father Germanicus, became the new Roman Emperor.
In the months leading up to her marriage to Claudius, Agrippina's maternal second cousin, the praetor Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus, was betrothed to Claudius ’ daughter Claudia Octavia.
News of Agrippina's survival reached Nero so he sent three assassins to kill her.
After Agrippina's death, Nero viewed her corpse and commented how beautiful she was, according to some.
This feud dated back to Agrippina's mother's actions against Tiberius after the death of her husband Germanicus ( Claudius's brother ), actions which Tiberius had gladly punished.
Messalina realised that Agrippina's son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus ( the future Nero ) was a threat to her son's position and sent assassins to strangle Nero during his siesta.
The climate was further poisoned by the hatred that Tiberius ' mother Livia Drusilla felt for her, since Agrippina's ambition, to be the mother of emperors and thus Rome's first woman, was an open secret.
Additionally, Suetonius mentions how Poppaea's husband, Otho, was not sent away until after Agrippina's death, which makes it very unlikely that an already married woman would be pressing Nero to marry her.
Nero and Acte's relationship reduced Agrippina's sway over her son and therefore her influence on the Empire.
Agrippina's increasing efforts to separate Nero from Acte served only to increase his fondness for her ; and the ensuing conflicts led Nero to take absolute control of the Empire and, eventually, to order his mother's assassination.
After Agrippina's son Gaius ( better known as Caligula ) became emperor in 37 AD, he went to Pandataria to collect her remains and reverently brought them back to Rome.
Agrippina's youngest daughter, Julia Livilla was also exiled to Pandateria twice: the first time by her brother Caligula for plotting to depose him and the next time by her uncle, the emperor Claudius, at the instigation of his wife, Messalina, in 41 AD.
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Among the victims of Messalina's intrigues were Agrippina's surviving sister Livilla, who was charged with having adultery with Seneca the Younger.
To Sejanus personally, Agrippina's sons Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar and Caligula were considered a direct threat to his power.
Among those who perished were Gaius Asinius Gallus, a prominent senator and opponent of Tiberius who was linked to Agrippina's faction.
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Germanicus, Agrippina's father, was a very popular general and politician.
Claudius was Agrippina's paternal uncle and third husband.
Tiberius died on March 16, 37 and Agrippina's only surviving brother, Caligula, became the new emperor.
Nero was Agrippina's only natural child.
Callistus suggested Lollia Paulina, Caligula's third wife and Agrippina's former sister-in-law instead.
This feud dated back to Agrippina's mother's actions against Tiberius after the death of Germanicus, actions which Tiberius had gladly punished.
Her property was confiscated, she left Italy and on Agrippina's orders, she committed suicide.
The fall of Pallas and the opposition of Burrus and Seneca, contributed to Agrippina's loss of authority.
The circumstances that surround Agrippina's death are uncertain due to historical contradictions and anti-Nero bias.
All surviving stories of Agrippina's death contradict themselves and each other, and are generally fantastical.
Additionally, Suetonius reveals that Poppaea's husband, Otho, was not sent away by Nero until after Agrippina's death in 59, making it highly unlikely that already married Poppaea would be pressing Nero.
Her friend, Acerronia Polla, was attacked by oarsmen while still in the water, and was either bludgeoned to death or drowned, since she was exclaiming that she was Agrippina, with the intention of being saved, unfortunately she did not know that this was an attempt of Agrippina's life, not a mere accident.
During the remainder of Nero's reign, Agrippina's grave was not covered or enclosed.
The inheritance of Nero, Agrippina's son and the future emperor, was seized by Caligula.
Agrippina's father, Germanicus, was a grandson of Augustus's wife, Livia, on one side and to Mark Antony and Octavia on the other.
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She had three elder brothers, Nero Caesar, Drusus Caesar and the future Emperor Caligula, and two younger sisters, Julia Drusilla and Julia Livilla.
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