The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization | Agrippa
Agrippa (Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa), the lifelong friend and supporter of Augustus, was born in 64, 63, or even 62 BC of obscure but probably well-to-do family (he neglected his undistinguished family name). He accompanied Octavius (the future Octavian and Augustus) to Rome from Apollonia after Caesar's murder, helped him to raise a private army, prosecuted Cassius in the court set up by Quintus Pedius in 43, and was prominent in the war against Mark Antony's brother Lucius Antonius (Pietas). After being tribune of the plebs in 43 or a little later, and so entering the senate, he was urban praetor in 40. As governor of Gaul in 38 he suppressed a rebellion in Aquitania, led a punitive expedition across the Rhine, and either now or in 20 settled the Ubii on the left bank. As consul (37) he fitted out and trained a new...
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