Agrippina
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- proper noun
- Formal
- The influential noblewoman Agrippina was married to General Germanicus.
Examples
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Julia Livilla, sister to Caligula and Agrippina, who's going to be a A player as well.
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Whereas the Romans preferred mule power for chariots—even Agrippina, the mother of the emperor Nero, rode a chariot pulled by mules—the Thracians only used horses.
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Let me introduce the cast first about Agrippina and some background.
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And I want to turn to the last example, to the figure of Agrippina, or rather the two Agrippina's.
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The mother of Nero was Agrippina the Younger.
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And the same is going to go for Agrippina Nero's mum.
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Let us rather say that poor Agrippina and Octavia were removed... ...for the good of the empire.
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While technically illegal during Roman times, it is said that Roman Emperor Caligula did the deed with all three of his sisters, Julia Livilla, Drusilla, and Agrippina the Younger.
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Agrippina was the granddaughter of Agrippina Augustus and the mother of Caligula.
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In Roman history, Agrippina is remembered as a powerful figure in the Julio-Claudian dynasty.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Agrippina comes from the Roman family name Agrippa and is the 'female form' used for women born into that family. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the famous Roman Agrippa; Agrippina shows she belonged to that noble line, which is why the name is linked to powerful Roman women like the mother of Emperor Caligula.