page_title: Agrippina the Younger
hierarchical_section_title: Agrippina the Younger
context_page_description: Julia Agrippina, also referred to as Agrippina the Younger, was a powerful Roman empress and one of the most prominent and effective women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Her father was Germanicus, a popular general and one-time heir apparent to the Roman Empire under Tiberius; and her mother was Agrippina the Elder, a granddaughter of the first Roman emperor Augustus. She was the younger sister of emperor Caligula, the niece and fourth wife of emperor Claudius who succeeded Caligula, and the mother of emperor Nero, who succeeded Claudius.
  Both ancient and modern sources describe Agrippina's personality as ruthless, ambitious, violent and domineering. Physically she was a beautiful and reputable woman; 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 her husband Claudius, though accounts vary. During the reign of her husband, she was an effective and major power behind the throne and later briefly was the de facto ruler of the Roman Empire during the reign of her son, emperor Nero. In AD 59 Agrippina was executed on the orders of Nero.
context_section_description: Julia Agrippina (6 November AD 15 – 23 March AD 59), also referred to as Agrippina the Younger (Latin: Agrippina Minor, "smaller", often used to mean "younger"), was a powerful Roman empress and one of the most prominent and effective women in the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Her father was Germanicus, a popular general and one-time heir apparent to the Roman Empire under Tiberius; and her mother was Agrippina the Elder, a granddaughter of the first Roman emperor Augustus. She was the younger sister of emperor Caligula, the niece and fourth wife of emperor Claudius who succeeded Caligula, and the mother of emperor Nero, who succeeded Claudius.
  Both ancient and modern sources describe Agrippina's personality as ruthless, ambitious, violent and domineering. Physically she was a beautiful and reputable woman; 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 her husband Claudius, though accounts vary. During the reign of her husband, she was an effective and major power behind the throne and later briefly was the de facto ruler of the Roman Empire during the reign of her son, emperor Nero. In AD 59 Agrippina was executed on the orders of Nero.
caption: A bust at the National Museum, Warsaw
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