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Agrippina's Social Construct
Summary: Explores the life and political savvy of Nero's mother, Agrippina. Questions to what extent Agrippina's family connections, early life and the female role models she had been exposed to shape her vision for her own life.
On the 6th of April, AD15 Agrippina II was born in Germany to parents Agrippina I and popular military commander, Germanicus. Agrippina was born into an imperial dynasty of Rome with a strong lineage to the prominent Emperors and women in the time period.
Agrippina was the daughter of a major amalgamation of imperial power. Agrippina I, her mother, was the daughter of Julia and Agrippa. Julia was the daughter of the divine Augustus and Agrippa had been a solid military and political influence. Her father, Germanicus was the son of Antonia I and Drusus, son of Livia, second wife to Augustus. Agrippina. This proud lineage provided Agrippina with a strong and valid link to all five of the Julio-Claudian emperors. Her link to the emperors would have validated in her mind the corrupt nature of Roman politics and the possibility of power in her life. She was...
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