Agrippa (disambiguation)
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Classical era
- Agrippa (Alba Longa), a semi-mythological king of Alba Longa
- Agrippa Menenius Lanatus, a Roman consul in 503 BC
- Various members of the Roman gentes Furia and MeneniaMenenia (gens)The gens Menenia was a very ancient and illustrious patrician house at Rome from the earliest days of the Roman Republic to the first half of the 4th century BC. The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Agrippa Menenius Lanatus in 503 BC...
- Marcus Vipsanius AgrippaMarcus Vipsanius AgrippaMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was a close friend, son-in-law, lieutenant and defense minister to Octavian, the future Emperor Caesar Augustus...
(63–12 BC), a Roman statesman and general, friend of Caesar Augustus - Three sons of the above:
- Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa (20 BC–AD 4), also known Gaius Julius Caesar
- Lucius CaesarLucius CaesarLucius Julius Caesar , most commonly known as Lucius Caesar, was the second son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder. He was born between 14 of June and 15 July 17 BC with the name Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa, but when he was adopted by his maternal grandfather Roman Emperor Caesar...
(17 BC–AD 2, also known as Lucius Julius Caesar) - Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Postumus (12 BC–AD 14)
- Gaius Fonteius AgrippaGaius Fonteius AgrippaGaius Fonteius Agrippa was the name of two related people in Roman history:*Gaius Fonteius Agrippa was one of the four accusers of Marcus Scribonius Libo in 16 AD. Agrippa profited financially from the accusation, as he was rewarded with a share of Libo's property after the man committed suicide. ...
, a father and son with the same name; the former an accuser of Libo, the latter suffect consul in AD 58 - Decimus Haterius AgrippaDecimus Haterius AgrippaDecimus or Didius Haterius Agrippa was the son of the orator and senator Quintus Haterius. He was tribune of the plebs in 15 and vetoed proposals; was praetor in 17, consul in 22, and later senator. Agrippa at one time strongly urged the emperor Tiberius to nominate a limited amount of political...
, consul in AD 22 - Marcus Asinius AgrippaMarcus Asinius AgrippaMarcus Asinius Agrippa was Roman consul in 25 AD, and died at the end of the following year, 26 AD. He was also the half-brother of Julius Caesar Drusus, the natural son of the Emperor Tiberius. According to Tacitus, he was descended from a family more illustrious than ancient, and did not...
, consul in AD 25 - Vibulenus AgrippaVibulenus AgrippaVibulenus Agrippa was a Roman knight of the Equestrian rank who was accused of some crime, probably treason, before the senate in the final years of the reign of Tiberius, in 36 AD...
, committed suicide in the Roman senate in AD 36 - Two kings of the Roman client kingdom Judea:
- Agrippa IAgrippa IAgrippa I also known as Herod Agrippa or simply Herod , King of the Jews, was the grandson of Herod the Great, and son of Aristobulus IV and Berenice. His original name was Marcus Julius Agrippa, so named in honour of Roman statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and he is the king named Herod in the...
, (10 BC–AD 44) grandson of Herod the Great - Agrippa IIAgrippa IIAgrippa II , son of Agrippa I, and like him originally named Marcus Julius Agrippa, was the seventh and last king of the family of Herod the Great, thus last of the Herodians. He was the brother of Berenice, Mariamne, and Drusilla...
, (AD 27–100), son of Agrippa I
- Agrippa I
- Flavius Simonides AgrippaFlavius Simonides AgrippaTitus Flavius Simonides Agrippa, also known as Titus Flavius Agrippa was an aristocratic, wealthy Roman Jew.Agrippa was born and raised in Rome. He was the second son born to the Roman Jewish Historian Josephus and from his fourth wife, a distinguished unnamed Greek Jewish noblewoman from Crete...
, fifth son of Roman Jewish Historian JosephusJosephusTitus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of... - Agrippa (astronomer)Agrippa (astronomer)Agrippa was a Greek astronomer. The only thing that is known about him regards an astronomical observation that he made in 92 AD, which is cited by Ptolemy...
, a Greek astronomer from the late 1st century - Agrippa the Skeptic, a Skeptic philosopher at the end of the 1st century
- Agrippa CastorAgrippa CastorAgrippa Castor has been identified as "the earliest recorded writer against heresy, and apparently the only one who composed a book solely devoted to the refutation of Basilides". Little is known of him besides second-hand passing in ancient historical references.Agrippa Castor was known by both...
, a Christian Roman writer of the 2nd century - Marcius AgrippaMarcius AgrippaMarcius Agrippa was originally a slave serving as a beautician. He later became a freedman in some unknown way and then started to encroach upon the rank of Equestrian, serving as advocatus fisci during the reign of Septimius Severus...
, a slave of the 3rd century who was eventually elevated to senatorial rank by Macrinus
Modern era
- Heinrich Cornelius AgrippaHeinrich Cornelius AgrippaHeinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim was a German magician, occult writer, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist.-Life:Agrippa was born in Cologne in 1486...
, an occult magician (1486–1535) - Camillo AgrippaCamillo AgrippaCamillo Agrippa was a noted fencer, architect, engineer and mathematician of the Renaissance. He is considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time.-Biography:...
, a sixteenth-century architect who applied geometric theory to the art of fencing - Agrippa d'AubignéAgrippa d'AubignéThéodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné was a French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler. His epic poem Les Tragiques is widely regarded as his masterpiece.-Life:...
(1552–1630), French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler
Fictional characters
- Mighty Agrippa, Roman God of the AqueductMighty Agrippa, Roman God of the AqueductThe Mighty Agrippa, Roman God of the Aqueduct is a fictional character from The Tick comics and cartoon series. In the comics he generally operates out of New York City, but in the cartoon series he was generally seen in the general area of The City, possibly in the twin-city Deertown–Hoobleville...
, a superhero from "The TickThe TickThe Tick is a fictional character created by cartoonist Ben Edlund in 1986 as a newsletter mascot for the New England Comics chain of Boston area comic stores. He is an absurdist spoof of comic book superheroes. After its creation, the character spun off into an independent comic book series in...
" - Mumboz Agrippa, a character from the Zork series of computer games
- Marcus Agrippa (character of Rome), a character based on the historical Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa in the television series Rome
Other
- Agrippa (praenomen)Agrippa (praenomen)Agrippa is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was most common during the early centuries of the Roman Republic. Despite ending in -a, it is a masculine name...
, a Latin personal name - Agrippa (crater)Agrippa (crater)Agrippa is a lunar impact crater that is located at the southeast edge of the Mare Vaporum. It is located to the north of the crater Godin, and the irregular Tempel lies just to the east. To the north and northeast, the rille designated Rima Ariadaeus follows a course to the east-southeast,...
, named after Agrippa - Agrippa (a book of the dead)Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)Agrippa is a work of art created by speculative fiction novelist William Gibson, artist Dennis Ashbaugh and publisher Kevin Begos Jr. in 1992. The work consists of a 300-line semi-autobiographical electronic poem by Gibson, embedded in an artist's book by Ashbaugh. Gibson's text focused on the...
, a 1992 work of art by William Gibson and others
See also
- Agrippina (disambiguation)
- Agrippinus (disambiguation)