Agrippina the Elder (ăg'rĭpī`nə), d. A.D. 33, Roman matron; daughter of Agrippa and Julia and granddaughter of Augustus. She was the wife of Germanicus Caesar Germanicus Caesar (jərmăn`ĭkəs), 15 B.C.–A.D. 19, Roman general, son of Drusus Senior. He was adopted (A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. and accompanied him on his provincial duties. After her husband's death (A.D. 19), she accused Tiberius Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus) (tībēr`ēəs), 42 B.C.–A.D. 37, second Roman emperor (A.D. 14–A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. of having Germanicus poisoned, and thereafter she was consistently on bad terms with the emperor. Exiled to Pandatería Island in the Bay of Naples, she starved herself to death. Her son Caius Caesar Germanicus became the emperor Caligula Caligula (kəlĭg`y
lə), A.D. 12–A.D. 41, Roman emperor (A.D.
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..... Click the link for more information. and accompanied him on his provincial duties. After her husband's death (A.D. 19), she accused Tiberius Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus) (tībēr`ēəs), 42 B.C.–A.D. 37, second Roman emperor (A.D. 14–A.D.
..... Click the link for more information. of having Germanicus poisoned, and thereafter she was consistently on bad terms with the emperor. Exiled to Pandatería Island in the Bay of Naples, she starved herself to death. Her son Caius Caesar Germanicus became the emperor Caligula Caligula (kəlĭg`y
lə), A.D. 12–A.D. 41, Roman emperor (A.D...... Click the link for more information. .
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