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- proper noun in Ancient Rome The mother of Caligula; the mother of
Nero
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- noun wife who poisoned Claudius after her son Nero was declared heir and who was then put to death by Nero
- noun granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
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Examples
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Everyone called Agrippina the honor of her country, the blood of Augustus, the only and last example of the ancient Roman Vertue: And everyone prayed the Gods that they would preserve her Race, and make her live beyond, and after the entire ruin of these wicked men.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Lomovs, especially to Fedulia Ivanovna, who never called Agrippina
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One of the first measures which the new emperor adopted, was to recall Agrippina from her banishment at Pontia, where Caligula had confined her, and restore her to her former position in Rome.
Nero Makers of History Series Jacob Abbott 1841
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Who has not read Agnes Repplier's fascinating essays on "Agrippina" and
Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others Helen M. Winslow
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Ambitious for power, the wily Sejanus now used his opportunity to pick away at the scab of resentment between Livia and Agrippina, attempting to foment the empress’s and her son’s antagonism toward Germanicus’s widow by trading on what Tacitus described as Agrippina’s “insubordination” and “ill-concealed maternal ambitions.”
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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While in Venice he brought out another opera, "Agrippina," which had even greater success.
The World's Great Men of Music Story-Lives of Master Musicians Harriette Brower 1898
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'Rodrigo,' produced at Florence in 1707, made him famous, and 'Agrippina' (Venice, 1708) raised him almost to the rank of a god.
The Opera A Sketch of the Development of Opera. With full Descriptions of all Works in the Modern Repertory. J. A. [Commentator] Fuller-Maitland 1892
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"Agrippina," with a plangent oboe obbligato from Marc Schachman, came as a reminder of how eloquent Daniels can be.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicle jkosman@sfchronicle.com (Joshua Kosman 2011
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"Agrippina," with a plangent oboe obbligato from Marc Schachman, came as a reminder of how eloquent Daniels can be.
SFGate: Top News Stories Joshua Kosman 2011
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To West, who by this time was declining in health, he sent part of "Agrippina," a tragedy he had commenced.
Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes Thomas Parnell 1698
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