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Agrippa was born c. 63 BC, [1] [4] in an uncertain location. [2] His father was called Lucius Vipsanius. [5] His mother's name is not known and Pliny the Elder claimed that his cognomen "Agrippa" derived from him having been born breech [6] so it is possible that she died in childbirth. [7]
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is a former Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
Marcus Asinius Agrippa was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate.He was consul in AD 25 as the colleague of first Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, then of Gaius Petronius. [1]
The Battle of Actium was a naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of both Mark Antony and Cleopatra.The battle took place on 2 September 31 BC in the Ionian Sea, near the former Roman colony of Actium, Greece, and was the climax of over a decade of rivalry between Octavian and Antony.
Polla had likely died before this [9] as Augustus was the one who finished the project at a later date. [10] It was the relatives of a person who were responsible for completing tasks begun by a person, once his sister died Augustus who was Agrippa's father-in-law likely felt responsible for it.
The Pons Agrippae (Bridge of Agrippa) was an ancient bridge across the River Tiber in Rome.It was located 160 metres above the Ponte Sisto, and is known from an inscribed cippus set up by the curatores riparum during the Principate of the Emperor Claudius, suggesting it was built during or before the reign of Claudius.
T.F. – Testamentum fecit, Titi filius, Titulum fecit, Titus Flavius. TFI – Testamentum fieri iussit. ... This page was last edited on 30 January 2025, ...
Short for cui prodest scelus is fecit (for whom the crime advances, he has done it) in Seneca's Medea. Thus, the murderer is often the one who gains by the murder (cf. cui bono). cuique suum: to each his own: cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos: Whose the land is, all the way to the sky and to the underworld is his.