Agrippina the younger biography of martin

Few women in history could boast of Agrippina’s family pedigree.

She was a great-granddaughter of Octavian (Augustus), the first Roman emperor, a great-niece of Emperor Tiberius, a sister to Emperor Caligula, the wife of Emperor Claudius, and the mother to Emperor Nero.

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Like her male relatives, Agrippina the Younger enjoyed immense power. However, she was a woman in a society ruled by men. Unlike the emperors, she had to fight to achieve that power. She had to scheme and perhaps, even resort to murder.

Those actions assured her the scorn of historians (who, incidentally, were all men).

They blamed Agrippina’s naked ambition and vanity for her family’s misfortunes, and consequently, for the Empire’s ills. Yet, they could not avoid, albeit grudgingly, admiring her efforts and accomplishments.

This book follows Agrippina as a daughter, born in Cologne, to the expected heir to Augustus's throne; as a sister to Caligula who raped his sisters and.

Agrippina the Younger was a unique woman by Ancient Rome's standards, dominating Roman imperial politics in a way that no woman before her had ever done.

Agrippina was the daughter of Agrippina the Younger and Germanicus.

Vipsania Agrippina was the daughter of Marcus Agrippa and Julia (who was the daughter of the emperor Augustus), and a major figure in the.

Wife of Claudius.

Agrippina the Younger was the first woman to transcend the role of the emperor’s wife. She was a true Roman empress. Honored with the title