# Agrippina the Elder

> She married into Rome's imperial succession, traveled with her general husband across the empire, and dressed her young son in miniature soldier boots—earning him the nickname Caligula. After her husband's death, she accused the emperor's circle of murder, and the fight cost her everything.

*Member of Julio-Claudian dynasty (c. 14 BC–AD 33)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/agrippina-the-elder

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** -14
- **Died:** 1933-10-18
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Agrippina was born around 14 BC, daughter of Augustus' right hand Agrippa and Augustus' own daughter Julia—putting her at the heart of the first imperial family. Her brothers Lucius and Gaius were Augustus' heirs until both died young, and in the reshuffle of AD 4 she was married to her second cousin Germanicus to bind him to the Julian line. She followed Germanicus through his posts in Gaul and the eastern provinces, their children in tow; in Gaul she dressed her son Gaius in a tiny soldier's uniform, giving him the nickname Caligula. When Germanicus died of illness in AD 19 amid a bitter feud with the governor of Syria, she carried his ashes back to Rome and publicly accused the emperor Tiberius' circle of murder to clear the path for Tiberius' own son. She spent the next decade championing her sons Nero and Drusus Caesar as heirs, which set her against the praetorian prefect Sejanus. He dismantled her faction with treason charges, and in AD 29 she and Nero were exiled—she to the island of Pandateria, where she starved to death four years later.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 56.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 22.9 / 100
- **Now attention:** 8.3 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q229413)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_the_Elder)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Agrippina%20the%20Elder)
- [Vipsania Aqrippina](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipsania_Aqrippina)
- [Агрыпіна Старэйшая](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%88%D0%B0%D1%8F)
- [Агрипина Старша](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B0)
- [Agrippina an Henañ](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_an_Hena%C3%B1)
- [Agripina la Major](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agripina_la_Major)
- [Agrippina starší](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_star%C5%A1%C3%AD)
- [Агриппина Асли](https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B8)
- [Agrippina die Ältere](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_die_%C3%84ltere)
- [Αγριππίνα η Πρεσβύτερη](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B3%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%80%CF%80%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%B1_%CE%B7_%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%B2%CF%8D%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B7)
- [Vipsania Agrippina](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vipsania_Agrippina)
- [Agripina la Mayor](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agripina_la_Mayor)
- [Agrippina Vanem](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_Vanem)
- [Agripina Zaharra](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agripina_Zaharra)
- [آگریپینای بزرگ](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B2%D8%B1%DA%AF)
- [Agrippina maior](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_maior)
- [Agrippine l'Aînée](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippine_l'A%C3%AEn%C3%A9e)
- [אגריפינה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%92%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%94)
- [Agripina Starija](https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agripina_Starija)
- [Agrippina (idősebb)](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_(id%C5%91sebb))
- [Agrippina maggiore](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrippina_maggiore)
- [大アグリッピナ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E3%82%A2%E3%82%B0%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%94%E3%83%8A)
- [აგრიპინა უფროსი](https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90_%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A4%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A1%E1%83%98)
- [Wikiquote](https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Agrippina_maggiore)
- [أغريبينا الكبرى](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%89)
- [اجريبينا الكبرى](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%89)

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