Agrippina the Younger
Reece Period attributed: Period 2
Member of the Julio-Claudians dynasty.
Coins for this issuer were issued from 15 until 59.
Agrippina the Younger (sometimes called Agrippanilla) was born in AD 15 to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder. At age 13 she married Gn. Domitius Ahenobarbus; she bore him one child, the future emperor Nero (named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus).
During the reign of her brother Gaius, Agrippina first enjoyed the special honors he bestowed upon his three sisters. However, after the death of their pregnant sister Drusilla, Gaius treated the two remaining sisters very poorly - some sources report that he forced them to dive for sponges.
The emperor Claudius married Agrippina, his niece, after the death of his third wife (Messalina). She set about angling for her son to become Claudius' heir, although he already had a natural son named Britannicus. Nero was three years older than Britannicus, and achieved far greater honours. Once she guaranteed this succession, it is reported that Agrippina poisoned Claudius in a dish of fancy mushrooms.
Agrippina sought even greater power through Nero. At first, he treated her well and allowed her contributions to rule; in AD55, however, he dismissed her guards and told her to leave the palace. She survived a number of assassination attempts, including a boat that purposely collapsed with her in it. She swam to shore; soldiers followed her to her home and killed her there.
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Wikipedia derived information
Julia Agrippina, most commonly referred to as Agrippina Minor or Agrippina the Younger, and after 50 known as Julia Augusta Agrippina was a Roman Empress and one of the more prominent women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
She was a great-granddaughter of the Emperor Augustus, great-niece and adoptive granddaughter of the Emperor Tiberius, sister of the Emperor Caligula, niece and fourth wife of the Emperor Claudius, and mother of the Emperor Nero. Agrippina the Younger has been described by both the ancient and modern sources as âruthless, ambitious, violent and domineeringâ. She was a beautiful and reputable woman and according to Pliny the Elder, she had a double canine in her upper right jaw, a sign of good fortune.
Many ancient historians accuse Agrippina of poisoning Emperor Claudius, though accounts vary..
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