biography
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Agrippina
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known as Agrippina the Younger
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pronunciation:
[agripeena]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (15–59)
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| biography:
| Roman noblewoman, the daughter of Agrippina (the Elder) and Germanicus. She first married Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, by whom she had a son, the future Emperor Nero. Her third husband was Emperor Claudius, though her own uncle. She persuaded Claudius to adopt Nero as his successor, then proceeded to poison all Nero's rivals and enemies, and finally (allegedly) the emperor himself. Her ascendancy proved intolerable to Nero, who eventually put her to death. |
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