biography
| name: |
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
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pronunciation:
[agripa]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (c.63–12 BC)
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| biography:
| Roman commander, statesman, and right-hand man of Octavian (later, the Emperor Augustus). He defeated Sextus, the son of Pompey, at Mylae and Naulochus in 36 BC, and Mark Antony at Actium in 31 BC. He used his great wealth to popularize the new regime by vastly improving the public amenities of Rome. His third wife was Julia, daughter of Augustus. |
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