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Agrippina ’ s son Drusus died of starvation being imprisoned in Rome and Nero either committed suicide soon after the trial.
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Agrippina was born as the second daughter and fourth child to Roman statesman and Augustus ’ ally Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder.
Agrippina ’ s mother Julia was the only natural child born to Augustus from his second marriage to noblewoman Scribonia.
From Agrippa ’ s previous two marriages, Agrippina had two half-sisters: Vipsania Agrippina and Vipsania Marcella Agrippina.
Vipsania Agrippina was Agrippa ’ s first daughter and first child from his first marriage to Pomponia Caecilia Attica.
Later Agrippina ’ s family returned to Rome.
In 12 BC, Agrippina ’ s father died.
In 2 BC Augustus exiled Agrippina ’ s mother on the grounds that she had committed adultery, thereby causing a major scandal.
At this spot, there were local altars inscribed as a dedication to Agrippina: “ IN HONOR OF AGRIPPINA ’ S PUERPERIUM ”.
Agrippina ’ s actions were considered unusual as for a Roman wife, because a conventional Roman wife was required to stay home.
A few months before Augustus ’ death in 14, the emperor wrote and sent a letter to Agrippina mentioning how Caligula must be future emperor because at that time, no other child had this name.
Agrippina had a hasty, uncomfortable relationship with Tiberius and possibly with Tiberius ’ mother Livia.
At dinner, Tiberius offered Agrippina an apple as a test of Agrippina ’ s feelings for the emperor.
In March 37, Tiberius died and Agrippina ’ s remaining son Caligula succeeded as emperor.
A bronze medal on display in the British Museum shows Agrippina ’ s ashes being brought back to Rome by Caligula.
On the day that the Circus Games occurred, Caligula had a statue made of Agrippina ’ s image to be paraded in a covered carriage at the Games.
After the Circus Games, Caligula ordered written evidence of the court cases from Tiberius ’ treason trials to be brought to the Forum to be burnt, first being the cases of Agrippina and her two sons.
According to Tacitus, Agrippina ’ s eldest daughter Agrippina the Younger had written memoirs for posterity.
A second memoir was about the fortunes of her mother ’ s family and the last memoir recorded the misfortunes ( casus suorum ) of the family of Agrippina and Germanicus.
Germanicus ’ death in the year 19 caused much public grief in Rome, and gave rise to rumors that he had been murdered by Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso and Munatia Plancina on the orders of Tiberius, as his widow Agrippina the Elder returned to Rome with his ashes.
Messalina was Agrippina ’ s second paternal cousin.
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Messalina considered Agrippina ’ s son a threat to her son ’ s position and sent assassins to strangle Lucius during his siesta.
Agrippina wrote a memoir that recorded the misfortunes of her family ( casus suorum ) and wrote an account of her mother ’ s life.
Regardless, for Agrippina ’ s seduction, it was a help that she had the niece ’ s privilege of kissing and caressing her paternal uncle.
Agrippina and Claudius married on New Year ’ s Day, 49.
Agrippina and son
According to Suetonius who had cited from Pliny the Elder, Agrippina had borne to Germanicus, a son called Gaius Julius Caesar who had a lovable character.
In the early morning hours in Antium of December 15, 37, Agrippina gave birth to a son.
Agrippina and Domitius named their son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, after the Domitius ' recently deceased father.
Suetonius states that Domitius was congratulated by friends on the birth of his son, whereupon he replied " I don't think anything produced by me and Agrippina could possibly be good for the state or the people ".
Livilla returned to her husband, while Agrippina was reunited with her estranged son.
Agrippina did this hoping to secure a marriage between Octavia and her son.
Agrippina successfully manipulated and influenced Claudius into adopting her son and having him become his successor.
For instance, in 51, Agrippina ordered the execution of Britannicus ’ tutor Sosibius because he had confronted her and was outraged by Claudius ’ adoption of Nero and his choice of Nero as successor, instead of choosing his own son Britannicus.
Sculpture of Agrippina crowning her young son Nero ( ca.
In the first months of Nero ’ s reign Agrippina controlled her son and the Empire.
The power struggle between Agrippina and her son had begun.
Agrippina between 55 and 58 became very watchful and had a critical eye over her son.
In 55, Agrippina was forced out of the palace by her son to live in imperial residence.
Some modern historians theorize that Nero's decision to kill Agrippina was prompted by her plotting to set Gaius Rubellius Plautus ( Nero's maternal second cousin ) or Britannicus ( Claudius ' biological son ) on the throne.
Years before she died, Agrippina had visited astrologers to ask about her son ’ s future.
Agrippina was one of the few remaining descendants of Augustus, and her son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus ( the future Emperor Nero ) was one of the last males of the Imperial family.
In any case, Claudius accepted Agrippina, and later adopted the newly mature Nero as his son.
#* Antonia Minor, married Nero Claudius Drusus, the younger son of the Empress Livia Drusilla and brother of the Emperor Tiberius ; mother of the Emperor Claudius, grandmother of the Emperor Caligula and Empress Agrippina the Younger, and maternal great-grandmother of the emperor Nero.
He was the only son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina the Younger, sister of Emperor Caligula.
* Nero, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder ( d. 68 )
* Drusus Caesar, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder ( d. 33 )
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