Mother of Caligula

Usage examples of agrippina.

Locusta, a swarthy, corpulent woman clad in a stola that looked yellow, whether from age or the flaming lamplight Agrippina could not tell.

His colleagues, in fact, were now rising to heap praises on Agrippina by name, while Aulus himself squirmed uncomfortably on the marble bench.

Yet I keep reminding myself that Roman woman is not Agrippina but Plautia, and that Roman life is truly lived not on the Palatine but the Esquiline.

Rumors were cracking off the Palatine and tumbling across the city, forming sinister mosaics on a common theme: Agrippina smashing all hurdles between her son and the succession.

Meanwhile, the philosopher Seneca was giving Nero the best education available in Rome, while Agrippina launched rumors that Britannicus was an epileptic and slowly going insane.

Claudius, Agrippina, and the rest of the imperial party, who had to run for their very lives.

Aulus took a deep breath, hoped he had searched out the proper language to pry the blinders off Claudius, and then launched into a lengthy, well-documented warning on the activities of Agrippina and Pallas.

Claudius and Agrippina were having a disagreement over a minor household matter, and Claudius drank more wine than usual to blot out the nagging voice and presence reclining next to him at the table.

Several minutes later, Agrippina appeared, wearing a robe of spun silver, a light smile on her lips.

He decided not to mention a word about Agrippina for fear it would frighten the family.

True, Pallas and Agrippina tried to entangle me, but I absolutely avoided any involvement.

Octavia assumed the frozen mask with which she had had to hide her emotions for months, but Agrippina had great difficulty disguising her terror, and her hands began trembling uncontrollably.

The guest list would be lengthier this time, and again the nagging query posed itself: should Nero and Agrippina be invited?

Sabinus carefully avoided looking at Agrippina except for stealthy side glances.

He did, though, have a confidential discussion with his chef on matters of security, since Agrippina usually felled her victims by poison.