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Agrippina and Claudius had become more combative in the months leading up to his death.
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Agrippina and Claudius
Many ancient historians accuse Agrippina of poisoning Emperor Claudius, though accounts vary.
Through his mother Antonia Major, Domitius was a great nephew of Augustus, first cousin to Claudius, and second cousin to Agrippina and Caligula.
Claudius lifted the exiles of Agrippina and Livilla.
Around this time, Agrippina became the mistress to one of Claudius ’ advisers, the former Greek Freedman Marcus Antonius Pallas.
Pallas advised Claudius that he should marry Agrippina.
Pallas stated to the emperor that as Lucius was the grandson to Claudius's late brother Germanicus, by marrying Agrippina, Claudius would ally the two branches of the Claudian house and imperial family.
In more recent times, it has been suggested that the Senate may have pushed for the marriage between Agrippina and Claudius to end the feud between the Julian and Claudian branches.
In Roman society, an uncle ( Claudius ) marrying his niece ( Agrippina ) was considered incestuous, and obviously immoral.
Agrippina and Claudius married on New Year ’ s Day, 49.
In 49, shortly after marrying Claudius, Agrippina charged Paulina with black magic.
Roman aureus depicting Agrippina and Claudius, c. 50 / 54
On the day that Agrippina married her uncle Claudius as her third husband / his fourth wife, she became an Empress and the most powerful woman in the Roman Empire.
Also that year, Claudius had founded a Roman colony and called the colony Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensis or Agrippinensium, today known as Cologne, after Agrippina who was born there.
Agrippina successfully manipulated and influenced Claudius into adopting her son and having him become his successor.
Agrippina and Claudius betrothed Nero to Octavia, and Agrippina arranged to have Seneca the Younger return from exile to tutor the future emperor.
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.
Claudius later repented of marrying Agrippina and adopting Nero, began to favor Britannicus, and started preparing him for the throne.
His actions allegedly gave Agrippina a motive to eliminate Claudius.
Agrippina was named a priestess of the cult of the deified Claudius.
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.
** Lucius Silanus was betrothed to Octavia, Claudius ’ daughter before his marriage of Agrippina.
I, Claudius 1976 Agrippina is played by Barbara Young
A Note on the Marriage of Claudius and Agrippina Classical Philology, Vol.
* Donna Hurley, Agrippina the Younger ( Wife of Claudius ).
Agrippina and had
From Agrippa ’ s previous two marriages, Agrippina had two half-sisters: Vipsania Agrippina and Vipsania Marcella Agrippina.
From the marriage of Julia and Agrippa, Agrippina had four full-blood siblings: a sister Julia the Younger and three brothers: Gaius Caesar, Lucius Caesar and Agrippa Postumus.
Augustus had forced his first stepson Tiberius to end his happy first marriage to Vipsania Agrippina to marry Julia the Elder.
In 2 BC Augustus exiled Agrippina ’ s mother on the grounds that she had committed adultery, thereby causing a major scandal.
According to Suetonius, Agrippina had a strict upbringing and education.
Agrippina and Augustus had a close relationship.
The Roman historian Tacitus states that Agrippina had an ‘ impressive record as wife and mother ’.
Agrippina and Germanicus in their union had nine children, of whom three died young.
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.
Agrippina had earned herself a reputation as a heroic woman and wife.
During her time in Germania, Agrippina had proved herself to be an efficient and effective diplomat.
Agrippina had reminded Germanicus on occasion of his relation to Augustus.
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.
It was widely suspected that Germanicus had been poisoned or perhaps on the orders of Tiberius, with Agrippina believing he was assassinated.
The Roman citizens had great sympathy for Agrippina and her family.
Agrippina had become lonely, distressed, physically ill and many of her relatives had died.
Agrippina had a hasty, uncomfortable relationship with Tiberius and possibly with Tiberius ’ mother Livia.
Agrippina had suspected that the apple could be poisoned and refused to taste the apple.
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.
According to Suetonius, Caligula nursed a rumor that Augustus and Julia the Elder had an incestuous union from which Agrippina the Elder had been born.
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