Essays Tagged: "Agrippina"
Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar
erius carefully educated. Augustus later forced Tiberius to dissolve his happy marriage to Vipsania Agrippina and marry Augustus' daughter Julia. This was arranged to better the chance of succession o ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies
Patricide - Why Sons Murder Their Mothers
THEIR MOTHERSNero was one of the most powerful emperors of the ancient Roman Empire. His mother was Agrippina, an overindulgent and controlling mother who refused to let him grow up. More than anythin ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology
Caligula: In Sickness and in Wealth This is a term paper about the life, reign and downfall of the Roman emperor Caligula
Germanicus was born August 31st, 12 A.D. at Antium1 as the third of six children of Germanicus and Agrippina. Germanicus was the adopted grandson of Augustus and was adopted by his paternal uncle Tib ... 10th, 19 A.D., which Tiberius may have arranged by Gnaeus Piso4, Caligula returned with his mother Agrippina to Italy. There he lived with his grandmother Livia Augusta in her house on the Palentine5 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Nero and Agrippina-How and why did Nero plot against Agrippina?
en he was born that he would become emperor but kill his mother, according to Tacitus (The Annals). Agrippina's reply was "Let him kill me- provided he becomes emperor". This reinforces Agrippina's de ... mbition for Nero to gain this position.After Nero became emperor in AD 54 after Claudius' death, Agrippina exercised power through her influence on Nero by sending official letters to kings and gov ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
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
With references to sources, assess the differing interpretations of Agrippina.
Sources from ancient historians tend to be more hostile towards Agrippina because she was a woman and she stepped outside the expected role of a Roman matron. In co ... ho goes beyond her matronly and aristocratic role.Tacitus, an ancient historian, was the closest to Agrippina's time and was hostile towards her since he disliked the principate, instead favouring the ... rds her since he disliked the principate, instead favouring the senate to be in power. He portrayed Agrippina as a deceptive, ill- mannered woman and is highly- critical of her behaviour. Tacitus clai ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
A woman in Ancient Roman times.
ASSESS THE METHODS AGRIPPINA USED TO GAIN POWER AND AUTHORITYA woman in Ancient Roman times never wielded much power es ... woman in Ancient Roman times never wielded much power especially when it came to politics, however Agrippina was one of the few exceptions to this. Through the coarse of her life, Agrippina showed he ... ower-hungry, especially for a woman. To gain the power and political influence that she so desired, Agrippina used many methods, such as family background and ancestry, seduction, marriage and assassi ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
It is generally accepted that Agrippina was responsible for Claudius' death. Discuss this statement with reference to sources.
r that Claudius was murdered by poison which was administered through an elaborate orchestration of Agrippina's. Tacitus and Suetonius also agree on Agrippina's motive for murdering Claudius and the p ... ppina's motive for murdering Claudius and the prefect timing of it all too. It is their belief that Agrippina was a conniving and overly-ambitious woman who was determined that her son Nero be the nex ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
With reference to sources, assess the different interpretations of Agrippina the Younger
Sources from ancient historians tend to be more hostile towards Agrippina because she was a woman and she stepped outside the expected role of a Roman matron. In co ... ho goes beyond her matronly and aristocratic role.Tacitus, an ancient historian, was the closest to Agrippina's time and was hostile towards her since he disliked the principate, instead favouring the ... rds her since he disliked the principate, instead favouring the senate to be in power. He portrayed Agrippina as a deceptive, ill- mannered woman and is highly- critical when he relates her many schem ...
Subjects: History Term Papers
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
History Of Rome.
The death of Claudius in 54 A.D., was thought to have been planned and carried out by his wife Agrippina Minor. She wanted to secure the title as emperor for her adopted son, Lucius Domitius Ahen ... ius Caesar. On Claudius's death, the praetorian guards, under their perfect Sextus Afranius Burrus, Agrippina's agent, declared Nero emperor at the age of 17.The early part of his reign was characteri ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History
Agrippina the Younger and Hilary Clinton: A comparison of their influential reigns
Final- Comparative study on Agrippina the Younger and Hilary ClintonAgrippina the Younger, daughter to the favoured Germanicus a ... aking traditional ideals of women and emerged as powerful figures in their own right. Born in 15AD, Agrippina led an early life of turbulence and misfortune. It was during this time that she witnessed ... ror after Tiberius in 37BC. It was after being brought back from exile under Caligula's orders that Agrippina's life began to strive not only physically but also politically. Unlike Agrippina's early ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
Agrippina - How she gained and lost power in Rome
Agrippina the Younger, born in 15 AD in Germany to Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, not only beca ... st dominant any woman has ever achieved. As a woman, she was unable to directly control the throne; Agrippina is credited for gaining this privilege through the men in her life, namely Claudius and Ne ... n who had helped her achieve her goals of authority in the Roman society.It can be safe to say that Agrippina was not fixated on a particular aspiration for herself or her son during the period from A ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
How Nero’s Parents effected his future decisions as Emperor
lacked discipline and suitable role models.Nero was the son of Cnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus and Agrippina and as a result of his lineage had a direct descent from the first emperor. His father die ... t emperor. His father died in 40 AD where upon his mother doted and idolized her son.Claudius, Agrippina's uncle, was chosen and supported by the Praetorian Guard to take the throne after the dea ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > Roman History