AGRIPPA, MARCUS VIPSANIUS

märˈkəs vĭpsāˈnēəs, c.63 b.c.–12 b.c., Roman general. A close friend of Octavian (later Emperor Augustus), he won a name in the wars in Gaul before becoming consul in 37 b.c. He organized Octavian's fleet and is generally given much credit for the defeat (36 b.c.) of Sextus Pompeius in the naval battles at Mylae and Naulochus (N Sicily). Agrippa took part in the war against Antony, and his naval operations were the basis of Octavian's decisive victory at Actium in 31 b.c. He was perhaps the most trusted of all Augustus' lieutenants and rendered many services, notably in putting down disorders in both the East and West. His third wife was Augustus' daughter Julia.

See biography by M. Reinhold (1933).

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Marcus Agrippa: Organizer of Victory
Book by F. A. Wright; G. Routledge & Sons, 1937
Subjects: Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
...fact that Gaius, son of Julia and Agrippa, whose resemblance to his father...perhaps deserve consideration. Why did Agrippa usually cut out his middle name Vipsanius and call himself simply Marcus Agrippa ? Why was Maecenas thought to be malicious...
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The State of Speech: Rhetoric and Political Thought in Ancient Rome
Book by Joy Connolly; Princeton University Press, 2007
Subjects: Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Criticism And Interpretation, Cicero, Marcus Tullius--Political And Social Views, Political Science--Philosophy, Rome--Politics And Government--265-30 B.C
...Scipio, 54, 56 57, 163, 206 Agathon, 218 Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, 245 Agrippa, Menenius, 44 45, 63, 93 Albucius. See Silus...96n48 antagonism, 73 Antimachus, 147 Antonius, Marcus, 38, 98, 98 100, 102, 106 9, 111 12, 134...
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Book by Paul Harvey; Clarendon Press, 1937
Subjects: Classical Dictionaries, Classical Literature--Dictionaries
...birthplace of Empedocles q.v. . Agrippa, Marcus Julius. See Herod 2 . Agrippa, MARCUS VIPSaNIUS c. 62-12 B.C. , a friend of Octavian...POSTUMUS 12 B.C.-A.D. 14 , son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa see above and Julia. He was passed over...
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The Rise and Fall of the Judaean State: A Political, Social and Religious History of the Second Commonwealth - Vol. 3
Book by Solomon Zeitlin; Jewish Publication Society of America, 1978
Subjects: Jews--History--586 B.C.-70 A.D
...294 , 304 , 316 , 341 ; III -- 63 , 100 - 1 Agrippa II king : I -- 252 ; II -- 202 , 204 , 208...325 , 352 , 388 , 392 , 397 , 398 , 399 Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius consul : I -- 411 Agrippa, Wall of "Third Wall" : II -- 200 - 1...
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Handbook of Ancient Water Technology
Book by Örjan Wikander; Brill, 2000
Subjects: History, Ancient, Hydraulic Engineering--History
...Fig. 5) Aemilius Lepidus, Marcus, Roman statesman (died 152 B...Syracuse (316-289 B.C.), 628 Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, Roman statesman (64/3-12...168, 434, 487-8, 587-8 Agrippa Postumus, Roman prince (-A...
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Lawrence Alma-tadema and the Modern City of Ancient Rome
Journal article by Elizabeth Prettejohn; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 84, 2002
Subjects: Alma-Tadema, Lawrence (1836-1912), Art criticism, Art history, Roman civilization, Rome Italy, Urban areas
...proportions soars above the head of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, the emperor Augustuss son...smaller and frailer figure of Agrippa, the powerful human representative...relationship between Augustus and Agrippa and its impact on the Roman urban...
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Highways into Byways: the Travels of Tiberius
Journal article by Grant Parker; Antichthon, Vol. 43, 2009
Subjects: Islands, Roman civilization, Tiberius Claudius Nero Caesar Augustus (42 BC-37 AD), Travel
...By then, the untimely death of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in 12 BC had changed the political...which respect he was following Marcus Agrippas precedent.6 Tiberius...Vipsania Julia, another daughter of Agrippa and Julia, in AD 8: there she...
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Hydraulic Engineering and the Study of Antiquity: Rome, 1557-70
Journal article by Pamela O. Long; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2008
Subjects: Bacci, Andrea--Works, Floods--History, Floods--Italy, Hydraulic engineering--History, Physicians--Works, Rome (Ancient state)--History, Tiber River--Environmental aspects, Tiber River--History
...appointed his son-in-law, M. Agrippa, curator of all the immortal...the harbor and the river bed. Agrippa had ordered that the rivers course...l6.sup.v. Bacci refers to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (ca. 63-12 BCE), the emperors...
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Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome
Journal article by Brian Fagan; The Historian, Vol. 71, 2009
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, Floods of the Tiber in Ancient Rome (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews
...studies. From effects, Aldrette moves on to the various flood control methods developed by such officials as Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, who even traveled through the sewers by boat in 33 BC. Such efforts tended to be piecemeal, often short...


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My Kingdom for a Nose
Magazine article by Anthony Pagden; The National Interest, September 2010
Subjects: Antony and Cleopatra (Biography)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...brilliant and experienced admiral, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. Then, at a crucial moment in...Antonines, from Nerva in 96 CE to Marcus Aurelius in 180 CE (the "Five...Trajan and the philosopher-king Marcus Aurelius. It was what lay in...


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STREETS AHEAD; Travel Sarah Batley Goes Al Fresco in Two of Southern France's Most Historic Centres
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 25, 2007
...pontdugard.fr), a Roman feat of engineering and now a World Heritage Site. Taking water to the Nimes, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was not about to be stopped by a mere valley of the River Gard. Instead he built an aqueduct three decks and...


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encyclopedia articles on: Agrippa Marcus Vipsanius  - 5 results

 
 
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Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
AGRIPPA, MARCUS VIPSANIUS mar k s vipsa ne s grip , c.63 b.c. 12 b.c., Roman general...Pompeius in the naval battles at Mylae and Naulochus (N Sicily). Agrippa took part in the war against Antony, and his naval operations were...
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Augustus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...defeated (42 b.c.) the army of Marcus Junius Brutus and Caius Cassius...controlled Sicily and Sardinia, and Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa defeated (36 b.c.) Pompeius...naval battle off Actium , which Agrippa won over Antony and Cleopatra...
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Julia
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...daughter of Augustus and wife, in turn, of Marcus Claudius Marcellus (d. 23 b.c.), Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and Tiberius. Her infidelities caused...c. a.d. 28, daughter of Julia and Agrippa (see above); wife of Lucius Aemilius...
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Antony
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANTONY or Marc Antony, Lat. Marcus Antonius, c.83 b.c. 30 b...peace and arranged with Antony and Marcus Aemilius Lepidus the Second Triumvirate...c., Antony and his fleet met Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa with Octavians fleet off Actium...
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Mylae
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...First Punic War; it was Romes first naval triumph. Mylae was (36 b.c.) the scene of a naval victory of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa over Sextus Pompeius. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used...


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