Agrippina the Younger
Julia Agrippina (6 November 15 – 23 March AD 59), also called Agrippina the Younger, was a Roman empress. Her father was general Germanicus, 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 was the emperor after Caligula, and the mother of emperor Nero, who became emperor after Claudius.
| Agrippina the Younger | |
|---|---|
| Augusta | |
| File:Rome Agrippina Minor.jpg A bust at the National Museum, Warsaw | |
| Roman empress | |
| 1 January AD 49 – 13 October AD 54 | |
| Born | 6 November AD 15 Oppidum Ubiorum (Cologne) |
| Died | 23 March AD 59 (aged 43) Misenum |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus Gaius Sallustius Passienus Crispus Claudius |
| Issue | Nero |
| House | Julio-Claudian |
| Father | Germanicus |
| Mother | Agrippina the Elder |
Agrippina The Younger Media
- Domizio enobarbo, padre di nerone, busto di restauro, inv. 2222.JPG
Ritratto di Domizio Enobarbo, padre di Nerone, su busto di restauro. Musei Vaticani, Museo Chiaramonti - Braccio Nuovo; inv. 2265.
During the reign of Caligula, coins like the one pictured here were issued depicting his three sisters, Drusilla, Livilla, and Agrippina the Younger.
Messalina holding her son Britannicus (Louvre)
- CLAUDIUS & AGRIPPINA RIC I 81-2510311.jpg
Denarius of Agrippina and Claudius, minted in AD 50–54. She was the first Roman empress to be depicted on official Roman coins in an unambiguous manner
- Nero Palatino Inv618.jpg
Marble bust of Nero. Antiquarium of the Palatine.
- Nerón y Agripina.jpg
Sculpture of Agrippina crowning her young son Nero (c. AD 54–59)
- Nerón ante el cadáver de su madre, Agripina la Menor (Museo del Prado).jpg
Nero before the corpse of his mother, Agrippina the Younger, by Arturo Montero y Calvo, 1887
Nero and Agrippina, painting by Antonio Rizzi
- Gustav Wertheimer - Der Schiffbruch der Agrippina.jpg
Gustav Wertheimer: The Shipwreck of Agrippina (1874)
