Agrippa

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1. Agrippa - Noun

2. Agrippa - Proper noun

Meaning

Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)

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He could not even stand up to review his fleet when the ships were already at their fighting stations, but lay on his back and gazed up at the sky, never rising to show that he was alive until Marcus Agrippa had routed the enemy. Augustus

A calendar from Cyprus or Syria includes a month named after Agrippa beginning on November 1, which may reflect the month of his birth. Source: Internet

After Agrippa died in 12 BC, Tiberius was ordered to divorce his own wife Vipsania and marry Agrippa's widow, Augustus' daughter Julia — as soon as a period of mourning for Agrippa had ended. Source: Internet

After Herod Agrippa 's death in AD 44, when Judea reverted to direct Roman rule, Claudius gave procurators control over Judea. Source: Internet

Agrippa objected that Antony's ships, although larger, could outrun Octavian's if they hoisted sails, and that Octavian ought to fight now because Antony's fleet had just been struck by storms. Source: Internet

Agrippa assisted Augustus in making Rome a city of marble http://ancienthistory. Source: Internet

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