Agrippina II

[ag-ruh-pahy-nuh, -pee-]

noun

a.d. 16?–59?, mother of the Roman emperor Nero and sister of Caligula.

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Historical Examples of agrippina

To love like this was of the gods, and he had never loved anything so but Agrippina.
The Art of Disappearing
John Talbot Smith
The rank and station of Agrippina in Roman society was even higher than that of her husband.
Nero
Jacob Abbott
Of course, Agrippina was in a state of great solicitude and apprehension.
Nero
Jacob Abbott
The emperor ate the mushrooms, and Agrippina tremblingly awaited the result.
Nero
Jacob Abbott
Agrippina had contrived to raise Burrus to this post through her influence with Claudius.
Nero
Jacob Abbott

British Dictionary definitions for agrippina

Agrippina

noun

called the Elder. c. 14 bc –33 ad, Roman matron: granddaughter of Augustus, wife of Germanicus, mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger

called the Younger. 15–59 ad, mother of Nero, who put her to death after he became emperor

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