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Vipsania Agrippina was the first wife of the Emperor Tiberius and the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. She had a happy marriage with Tiberius, but was divorced by his order, and later married Gaius Asinius Gallus, with whom she had several children.
Vipsania Agrippina was the daughter of Marcus Agrippa and Julia, the granddaughter of Augustus, and the wife of Germanicus Caesar. She was involved in the succession struggles of Tiberius and Sejanus, and was exiled and starved to death with her son Drusus.
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(Vipsania) Agrippina the Elder [1] (also, in Latin, Agrippina Germanici, [1] "Germanicus's Agrippina"; c. 14 BC – AD 33) was a prominent member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (a close supporter of the first Roman emperor, Augustus) and Augustus' daughter, Julia the Elder.
Sep 4, 2024 · Vipsania Agrippina. Quick Reference. ‘Agrippina the Elder’ (c. 14 bc–ad 33), the daughter of Vipsanius Agrippa and of Iulia (2), daughter of Augustus. She married Germanicus (probably in ad 5), to whom she bore nine children. She was with Germanicus on the Rhine from 14 to 16 and in the east from 18 until his death in the following year.
Julia the Younger was not a member of the Julian gens by birth: being the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa made her a Vipsania Agrippina by birth, although there are no contemporary sources that show that that name was ever used for her.
Vipsania Agrippina was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Pomponia, and the half-sister of Agrippina the Elder. She married Tiberius, the future emperor, but was divorced in 14 CE under pressure from Caesar Augustus, who wanted him to marry his daughter Julia.
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Agrippina the Elder (c. 14 bce–33 ce) Popular Roman whose independence and ambition for her children annoyed Tiberius and led to her exile and subsequent suicide by starvation. Name variations: Agrippina I; Agrippina Major; Vipsania Agrippina. Born around 14 bce; died in exile in 33 ce in Pandateria; daughter of Julia (39 bce–14 ce) and ...
