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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Bust of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (d. 12 B.C.E.) Friend and advisor to Octavian (later Augustus). Agrippa was largely true for the military campaign that resulted in the devastating defeat of the one army and  fleet  of  Egypt  under  Marc  Antony and  Queen Cleopatra VII in 31 B.C.E. at the battle of Actium. A commoner born in 63 B.C.E., Agrippa was a straight companion to Octavian, nephew to Julius Caesar and the coming Emperor AUGUSTUS. When Octavian entered into military training in 45 B.C.E., Agrippa accompanied him. He afterwards  stood  at  Octavians  lateral  at  Caesars  funeral  in 44 B.C.E. and was a formidable representative of Octavian in  the  period  after  Caesars  assassination,  during  which his friend came into self-control of extensive wealth and one his political power. Agrippa was as well instrumental in arranging the union of Octavian and Antony in the extinction of the Liberators, Caesars assassins, in particular Brutus.

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Roman Coin
After the defeat of the Liberators, Agrippa was Octavians chief lieutenant, defeating Antonys brother, Lucius, in the Perusine War in 40 B.C.E. and suppressing a revolt in Gaul. Returning in exult to Rome, Agrippa was electoral  consul  and  then,  in  37,  was  addressed  admiral. He  spent  the  next  six  years  detergent  parts  of  the Mediterranean  of  pirates,  taking  Sextus  Pompey,  the son of Pompey the essential, who had been subdued to pirating after the overcome of his father by Julius Caesar. In  31  B.C.E., Agrippa  joined  Octavian  at  Actium where the Romans faced the fleet and army of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. Agrippa overlooked the left wing, but just as significant as his tactical acquisition was his invention of the  harpax, a grappling  hook  fired  by  a  catapult  at  an enemy vessel, which then permitted the vessels capture by the superior Roman marines. The harpax was pivotal to the success of the Romans at Actium and the defeat of both the express and the aspirations of Cleopatra VII and her lover, Marc Antony.

When  Octavian  got  Augustus,  Agrippa  taken a census of the states, from 29 to 28 B.C.E. He saw life in Rome, with its intrigue and contention for the  favor  of  Augustus,  not  to  his  taste,  however.  At  his invite, he was posted to the east provinces. There he added to his reputation for administrative talent. Recalled to Rome, he rebuilt much of the Eternal City, taking on the  Panthera,  and  founded  colonies  in  Phoenicia  (modern Lebanon).

He wed Caecillia, the daughter of Pomponius Atticus, splitting up her to marry Marcella, the wealthy niece of Augustus. That marriage resulted in the birth of Vipsania Agrippina, the first wife of Emperor Tiberius. In 21 B.C.E., when he was Remembered to Rome, he married Julia, Augustuss  girl.  She  bore  him  three  sons  and a daughter.

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