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Vipsania Agrippina (36 BC-20) was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and minister to Octavian, the future emperor Caesar Augustus....
 from his first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica
Caecilia Attica

Pomponia Caecilia Attica or Caecilia Pomponia Attica , was the daughter of Marcus Tullius Cicero's Epicurean friend and eques, knight Titus Pomponius Atticus....
, granddaughter of Cicero
Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Ancient Rome philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Constitution of the Roman Republic. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest rhetoric and prose stylists....
's friend and knight Titus Pomponius Atticus
Titus Pomponius Atticus

Titus Pomponius Atticus, born Titus Pomponius , came from an old but not strictly noble Ancient Rome family of the Equestrian class and the Pomponia....
. Her maternal grandmother was a descendant of Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus

Marcus Licinius Crassus was a Roman Republic general and politician who commanded Sulla's decisive victory at Battle of the Colline Gate, suppressed the Slavery revolt led by Spartacus and entered into a secret pact, known as the First Triumvirate, with Pompey and Julius Caesar....
. By marriage, she was a great-niece to Quintus Tullius Cicero
Quintus Tullius Cicero

Quintus Tullius Cicero was the younger brother of the celebrated orator, philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was born in 102 BC into a family of the equestrian order, as the eldest son of a wealthy landowner in Arpino, some 100 kilometres south-east of Rome....
.

Octavianus and her father betrothed her to Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
 before her first birthday.






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Vipsania redirects here: for other women named Vipsania and/or Agrippina see Agrippina
Agrippina

Sorry, no overview for this topic


Vipsania Agrippina (36 BC-20) was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and minister to Octavian, the future emperor Caesar Augustus....
 from his first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica
Caecilia Attica

Pomponia Caecilia Attica or Caecilia Pomponia Attica , was the daughter of Marcus Tullius Cicero's Epicurean friend and eques, knight Titus Pomponius Atticus....
, granddaughter of Cicero
Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Ancient Rome philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Constitution of the Roman Republic. Cicero is widely considered one of Rome's greatest rhetoric and prose stylists....
's friend and knight Titus Pomponius Atticus
Titus Pomponius Atticus

Titus Pomponius Atticus, born Titus Pomponius , came from an old but not strictly noble Ancient Rome family of the Equestrian class and the Pomponia....
. Her maternal grandmother was a descendant of Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus

Marcus Licinius Crassus was a Roman Republic general and politician who commanded Sulla's decisive victory at Battle of the Colline Gate, suppressed the Slavery revolt led by Spartacus and entered into a secret pact, known as the First Triumvirate, with Pompey and Julius Caesar....
. By marriage, she was a great-niece to Quintus Tullius Cicero
Quintus Tullius Cicero

Quintus Tullius Cicero was the younger brother of the celebrated orator, philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was born in 102 BC into a family of the equestrian order, as the eldest son of a wealthy landowner in Arpino, some 100 kilometres south-east of Rome....
.

Octavianus and her father betrothed her to Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
 before her first birthday. In 20 BC or 16 BC she married Tiberius. Their son Julius Caesar Drusus
Julius Caesar Drusus

Nero Claudius Drusus, later Drusus Julius Caesar , was the only child of Roman Emperor Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. He was born with the name Nero Claudius Drusus, and is also known to historians as Drusus II and Drusus Minor....
 was born in 13 BC.

Agrippa died in March, 12 BC. He was married to Julia the Elder
Julia the Elder

Julia the Elder , known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia was the daughter and only natural child of Augustus....
, daughter of Augustus. Augustus forced Tiberius to divorce Vipsania and marry Julia. Tiberius reportedly loved Vipsania and disapproved of Julia. Vipsania was at the time pregnant, and from the shock lost the baby.

Tiberius divorced her against his will in 11 BC (non sine magno angore animi, Suetonius
Suetonius

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, commonly known as Suetonius , was an equestrian and a historian during the Roman Empire. His most important surviving work is a set of biographies on the battles of twelve successive Roman rulers, from Julius Caesar until Domitian, entitled On the Life of the Caesars....
 Vita Tiberii 7), and never ceased to rue his action. On one occasion Tiberius caught sight of Vipsania and followed her with an intent and tearful gaze (Suetonius, ibid.). Precautions were taken to avoid further embarrassing meetings with her.

In 11 BC she married Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus
Gaius Asinius Gallus

Gaius Asinius Gallus Saloninus was an ambitious Roman Senate with family connections to the Julio-Claudian house. Asinius Gallus was consul in 8 BC, and proconsul of Asia in 6 BC/5 BC....
, a Senator and son of the famous orator Gaius Asinius Pollio
Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 40 BC)

Gaius Asinius Pollio was a Roman Republic soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic and historian, whose lost contemporary history, provided much of the material for the historians Appian and Plutarch....
. They had at least six sons. Vipsania Agrippina died in 20, a few days after the ovation of her son Drusus, which took place on 28 May.

Tiberius hated Gallus, not least because Gallus claimed that Drusus was his own son. In 30, at Tiberius' instigation, the Senate was to declare Gallus a public enemy (Cassius Dio 58.3). He died in prison in 33, of starvation.

Vipsania and Gallus' known sons were:

  • Gaius Asinius Pollio
    Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul AD 23)

    Gaius Asinius Pollio, son of Gaius Asinius Gallus and Vipsania Agrippina, was a Roman Empire politician.He was Roman consul in AD 23 alongside Gaius Antistius Vetus ....
     - Consul
    Roman consul

    Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
     in 23; exiled as an accuser of a conspiracy and later was put to death on orders from Empress Valeria Messalina.


  • Marcus Asinius Agrippa
    Marcus Asinius Agrippa

    Marcus Asinius Agrippa was Roman consul in 25 AD, and died at the end of the following year, 26 AD. According to Tacitus, he was descended from a family more illustrious than ancient, and did not disgrace it by his mode of life, although he mentions no specifics....
     - Consul
    Roman consul

    Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
     in 25 and died in the end of 26. Tacitus
    Tacitus

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman Senate and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories —examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors....
     (Annals 4.61) describes him as "not unworthy of his ancestors". His son Marcus Asinius Marcellus
    Marcus Asinius Marcellus

    Marcus Asinius Marcellus was Roman consul in 54 along with Marcus Acilius Aviola at the Emperor Claudius' death. He was the son of Marcus Asinius Agrippa, Roman consul in 25 who died in 26 and described by Tacitus as "not unworthy of his ancestors"....
     was Consul
    Roman consul

    Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
     in 54 along with Marcus Acilius Aviola (at the time the Emperor Claudius
    Claudius

    Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
     died).


  • Asinius Saloninus or (Gnaeus Asinius Saloninus) (sometimes wrongly called Salonius), died in 22. Tacitus
    Tacitus

    Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman Senate and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories —examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors....
     describes him as an ‘eminent’ person. Saloninus was intended to marry one of the granddaughters of Emperor Tiberius (Tacitus, Annals 3.75).


  • Servius Asinius Celer. He was consul suffectus in 38. From Emperor Caligula
    Caligula

    Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
     he purchased a fish at an enormous price. He is mentioned in the satire, by Seneca
    Seneca the Younger

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Ancient Rome Stoicism philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature....
    , The Pumpkinification of Claudius, where he is listed among the many people killed by that emperor. His death probably occurred sometime before mid-47. Asinius Celer seems to have had a daughter by the name of Asinia Agrippina, though her existence is obscure.


  • Asinius Gallus or (Lucius Asinius Gallus) (sometimes wrongly called Gallo). In 46 he conspired against Claudius
    Claudius

    Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
     and was forced to go into exile. Cassius Dio (60.27.5) describes him as being "very small and ugly". Later rehabilitated, he became Consul
    Roman consul

    Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
     in 62.


  • Gnaeus Asinius. His existence is recorded by the townsfolk of Puteoli, whose patron he was. Nothing else is known about him. He may have been identical with Asinius Saloninus or the foregoing Asinius Gallus. Since the Asinius Gallus seems to have been the Lucius Asinius Gallus who became a Consul in 60, by exclusion of parts the Gnaeus Asinius must be the Asinius Saloninus.


A descendant of Vipsania and Gallus, Pomponia Graecina
Pomponia Graecina

Pomponia Graecina was a noble Ancient Rome woman of the 1st century who was related to the Julio-Claudian dynasty. She was the wife of Aulus Plautius, the general who led the Roman conquest of Britain in 43, and was renowned as one of the few people who dared to publicly mourn the death of a kinswoman killed by the Imperial family....
, became a distinguished lady. Pomponia might have been a Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 and lived an unhappy long life. Pomponia married Aulus Plautius
Aulus Plautius

Aulus Plautius was a Roman empire politician and general of the mid-1st century. He led the Roman conquest of Britain in 43, and became the first List of Roman governors of Britain of the new province, serving from 43 to 47....
. Plautius was a general in the conquest of Britain
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
, which he received as a military ovation. Nero
Nero

Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, also called Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus, was the fifth and final Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty....
 murdered their son, reportedly because Agrippina the Younger
Agrippina the Younger

Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
, mother of Nero, was in love with him and encouraged him to bid for the throne.

Another descendant or otherwise relative, Gaius Asinius Lepidus Praetextatus (210 – after 242), became a Consul
Roman consul

Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
 in 242, being the son of Gaius Asinius Lepidus, Suffect Consul
Roman consul

Consul was the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire.During the time of ancient Rome as a Republic, the Consuls were the highest civil and military magistrates, serving as the head of government for the Republic....
 of Rome
Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
 in 222 and wife (Vettia) (b. 190 or 195).

Tacitus states that Vipsania was the only one of Agrippa's children to die without violence. She was one of the most prominent women of her time. Between 21-23, Julius Caesar Drusus
Julius Caesar Drusus

Nero Claudius Drusus, later Drusus Julius Caesar , was the only child of Roman Emperor Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. He was born with the name Nero Claudius Drusus, and is also known to historians as Drusus II and Drusus Minor....
 honored her memory with statues, coins and inscriptions.

See also

  • Descent from antiquity
    Descent from antiquity

    Descent from Antiquity is the project of establishing a well-researched, generation-by-generation descent of living persons from people living in ancient history....


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