  julia agrippina, most commonly referred to as agrippina minor or agrippina the younger, and after ad 50 known as julia augusta agrippina (minor; latin for the "younger"; (edd.), prosopographia imperii romani saeculi i, ii et iii (pir), berlin, 1933 â i 641 7 november 15 or 6 november 16maike vogt-lÃ¼erssen, agrippina die jÃ¼ngere â die groÃe rÃ¶mische politikerin und ihre zeit, norderstedt 2006, isbn 3-8334-5214-5, pp. 34â35 â 19/23 march 59), was a roman empress and one of the more prominent women in the julio-claudian dynasty. she was a great-granddaughter of the emperor augustus, great-niece and adoptive granddaughter of the emperor tiberius, sister of the emperor caligula, niece and fourth wife of the emperor claudius, and mother of the emperor nero. agrippina the younger has been described by the ancient and modern sources as "ruthless, ambitious, violent and domineering". she was a beautiful and reputable woman and according to pliny the elder, she had a double canine in her upper right jaw, a sign of good fortune. many ancient historians accuse agrippina of poisoning emperor claudius, though accounts vary.tacitus, annals xii.66; cassius dio, roman history lxi.34; suetonius, the lives of twelve caesars, life of claudius 44; josephus is less sure, josephus, antiquities of the jews xx.8.1 ==family==  agrippina was the first daughter and fourth living child of agrippina the elder and germanicus. she had three elder brothers, nero caesar, drusus caesar and the future emperor caligula, and two younger sisters, julia drusilla and julia livilla. agrippina's two elder brothers and her mother were victims of the intrigues of the praetorian prefect lucius aelius sejanus. she was the namesake of her mother. agrippina the elder was remembered as a modest and heroic matron, who was the second daughter and fourth child of julia the elder and the statesman [[marcus vipsanius agripp
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