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Agrippina the Younger
Background
This Agrippina is the daughter of Agrippina the Elder and her husband Germanicus. Germanicus
was the nephew and adopted son of Tiberius, the second Emperor of Rome. Her brother was the
third emperor of Rome, Caligula. She became the wife of her uncle, Claudius the fourth emperor
of Rome. She was the mother of the fifth emperor of Rome, Nero.
- 15 CE: Agrippina is born.
- Agrippina marries Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.
- 37 CE: Agrippina's son Nero is born.
- 37 CE: Tiberius, Emperor of Rome dies. Agrippina's brother, known as Caligula, becomes emperor.
- 39 CE: Agrippina is exiled for being involved in a conspiracy against her brother, Caligula.
- 40 CE: Agrippina's husband, the father of Nero, dies.
- 41 CE: Agrippina is allowed to return to Rome.
- Agrippina marries Passienus Crispus.
- 49 CE: Agrippina poisons her second husband, Passienus Crispus.
She then marries her uncle Claudius, who is at that time the Emperor of Rome.
She induces him to adopt Nero as his son and heir in preference to his own
son.
- 54 CE: The Emperor Claudius dies and is succeeded by Nero.
Nero's tutors, Seneca and Burrus, become his most important
advisers and major figures in the government of Rome.
- 56 CE: Agrippina is forced out of active participation in the governance of Rome.
This was brought about by Nero acting under the influence of Burrus.
- 59 CE: Agrippina objects to the affair Nero in having an affair with a wife of a Senator. Nero
decides to kill her. He puts her on a boat that is designed to sink. She however makes
it to shore and her home. Roman soldiers under Nero's order go there and kill her.