Agrippina
Agrippina, Iulia Agrippina, ‘the Younger Agrippina’ (AD 15–59),eldest daughter of Germanicus and Vipsania Agrippina (‘the Elder Agrippina’), was born on 6 November AD 15 at Ara Ubiorum. In 28 she was betrothed to Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, to whom she bore one son, the later emperor Nero, in 37. During the principate of her brother Gaius (37–41) her name, like those of her sisters, was coupled with the emperor's in vows and oaths; but when she was discovered at Mogontiacum (mod. Mainz) late in 39 to be involved in the conspiracy of Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus, she was sent into banishment. She was recalled by her uncle Claudius, who married her in 49. Aided by Marcus Antonius Pallas, the younger Claudius, who married her in 49. Aided by Marcus Antonius Pallas, the younger Seneca, and Sextus...
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