Agrippina the Elder

Noble person

2024 – 0033

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Who was Agrippina the Elder?

Vipsania Agrippina or most commonly known as Agrippina Major or Agrippina the Elder was a distinguished and prominent Roman woman of the first century AD. Agrippina was the wife of the general and statesman Germanicus and a relative to the first Roman Emperors.

She was the second granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus, sister-in-law, stepdaughter and daughter-in-law of the Emperor Tiberius, mother of the Emperor Caligula, maternal second cousin and sister-in-law of the Emperor Claudius and the maternal grandmother of the Emperor Nero.

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Born
Apr 24, 2024
Athens
Also known as
  • Agrippina Major
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Died
Oct 18, 0033
Ventotene
Resting place
Mausoleum of Augustus

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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