Essays Tagged: "Agrippina the Younger"
Explain the role(s) of aristocratic women in Roman history.
ever, the wives of emperors were able to exercise great political influence- as seen in the case of Agrippina the Younger, Messalina and Livia.Tacitus revealed the character of Livia in The Annals whe ... alina also eliminated rivals to her position, which can be seen in the case of Julia, the sister of Agrippina the Younger. While Agrippina sought solace in the arms of a very wealthy man named Sallust ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
The Life of Nero - A summary of the life of Nero Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus.
ders as well as being a depraved tyrant. Nero was born in Autium, where he grew up with his mother, Agrippina, since his father died when he was three. When his mother married the emperor Claudius, Ne ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Detailed biography of Agripina the Younger using Tacitus and Seutonius as sources
Agrippina the Younger was one of nine children born to Germanicus, adopted son end nephew of Tiberiu ... ning children, three were girls and three were boys. These were Nero, Drusus and Gaius Caesar , and Agrippina the Younger, Drusilla and Livilla . Suetonius also tells us that Tiberius later brought ch ... ells us that Tiberius later brought charges against Nero and Drusus and had them publicly executed .Agrippina the Younger married Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of Lucius Domitius, nominated in Augu ...
Subjects: History Term Papers