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| 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.
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| 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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