Agrippina the Younger attained a level of power in first-century Rome unprecedented for a woman. In this first biography of Agrippina in English, Anthony A. Barrett draws on the latest archaeological, numismatic, and historical evidence to create a startling new picture of this influential and misjudged woman. According to ancient sources, she achieved her success by plotting against her brother, the emperor Caligula, murdering her husband, the emperor Claudius, and controlling her son, the emperor Nero, by sleeping with him. Although she was ambitious, Barrett argues that she made her way through ability and determination rather than by sexual allure, and that her political contributions to her time seem to have been positive.
Author(s): Anthony A. Barrett
Series: Roman Imperial Biographies
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 361
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of Illustrations......Page 6
Foreword......Page 8
Significant Events and Figures......Page 12
Background......Page 24
Family......Page 36
Daughter......Page 45
Sister......Page 63
Niece......Page 94
Wife......Page 118
Mother......Page 174
The End......Page 212
Sources......Page 227
The Year of Agrippina the Younger's Birth......Page 261
The Husbands of Domitia and Lepida......Page 264
The Date of Nero's Birth......Page 265
The Family of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus......Page 266
Agrippina's Movements in Late 39......Page 267
The Date of Seneca's Tutorship......Page 268
The Decline in Agrippina's Power......Page 269
The Patronage of Seneca and Burrus in 54 9......Page 272
SC on Gold and Silver Coins of Nero......Page 274
The Final Days of Agrippina......Page 275
Abbreviations......Page 278
Notes and References......Page 283
Bibliography......Page 336
Index......Page 355
