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Agrippa Postumus. Marcus Agrippa Postumus (12 BC – AD 14), [note 1] later named Agrippa Julius Caesar, [1] was a grandson of Roman Emperor Augustus. He was the youngest child of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. Augustus initially considered Postumus as a potential successor and formally adopted him as his heir, before banishing ...
Agrippa Postumus, a grandson of the Emperor Augustus, had a villa on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, which was buried in the eruption of 79 AD. The villa lies within the current comune of Boscotrecase, Campania, Italy. The villa is best known for its ancient Roman works of art, especially its frescoes. [1] Because the ash from Mount Vesuvius's ...
Agrippa Postumus, who had been named his coheir but was later banished, was put to death. The order to kill him may already have been given by Augustus, but this is not certain. Other articles where Agrippa Postumus is discussed: Augustus: Expansion of the empire of Augustus: Agrippa Postumus, who had been named his coheir but was later ...
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus was the fifth child of Marcus Agrippa and Julia the Elder, the daughter of Augustus. Born in 12 BCE, shortly after the death of his father, Postumus was later adopted by his grandfather as joint heir, alongside Tiberius, son of Augustus's second wife, Livia Drusilla, from her earlier marriage to Tiberius ...
Agrippa Postumus was the infant son of Agrippa, a friend and son-in-law of Emperor Augustus. He inherited his father's villa at Boscotrecase, where he enjoyed the frescoes painted by Roman artists in the Third Style.
Marcus Agrippa Postumus, later named Agrippa Julius Caesar, was a grandson of Roman Emperor Augustus. He was the youngest child of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. Augustus initially considered Postumus as a potential successor and formally adopted him as his heir, before banishing Postumus from Rome in AD 6 on account of his ferocia. In effect, though not in law, the action ...
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A fresco from the imperial villa of Agrippa, friend and son-in-law of Augustus, near Naples. The painting depicts a playful architectural motif with columns, candelabra, and swans in a black background.
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