Agrippa Postumus

Also known as: Agrippa / Agrippa (grandson) · Family: Julio-Claudian · Role: grandson of Augustus · First appears: Augustus 19

In Augustus 19, while confined on an island with Julia the Elder, Agrippa became the target of a plan by his enemies Lucius Audasius and Asinius Epicadus, who intended to carry them away to the armies. By Augustus 64, he was identified as the son of Agrippa and Julia the Elder, and the sibling of Caius Caesar (grandson of Augustus), Lucius, Julia the Younger, and Agrippina the Elder. Augustus, his elder-kin, usually instructed him and his brothers in reading, swimming, and other rudiments of knowledge.

In Augustus 65, Augustus adopted Agrippa and Tiberius in the forum under a law passed for that purpose. Soon afterwards, Augustus discarded him for his “coarse and unruly temper” and confined him at Surrentum; later, calling him “equally intractable,” he transported him to an island, placed soldiers around him, and secured his lifelong confinement by an act of the senate.

Relationship record

Life events

• Lucius Audasius and Asinius Epicadus planned to carry Julia and Agrippa away to the armies.(Augustus 19 · 📍 the islands)
  • With: Lucius Audasius Asinius Epicadus Julia the Elder
  • “Audasius and Epicadus had formed the design of carrying off to the armies his daughter Julia, and his grandson Agrippa, from the islands in which they were confined.”
• Augustus adopted Agrippa and Tiberius by a law passed for that purpose.(Augustus 65 · 📍 the forum)
  • With: Augustus Tiberius
  • “His third grandson Agrippa, with his step-son Tiberius, he adopted in the forum, by a law passed for the purpose by the Sections;”
• Augustus discarded Agrippa and confined him at Surrentum for his unruly temper.(Augustus 65 · 📍 Surrentum)
  • With: Augustus
  • “but he soon afterwards discarded Agrippa for his coarse and unruly temper, and confined him at Surrentum.”
• Augustus transported Agrippa to an island and secured his lifelong confinement by a senate act.(Augustus 65 · 📍 an island)
  • With: Augustus
  • “Agrippa, who was equally intractable, and whose folly increased every day, he transported to an island, and placed a guard of soldiers about him; procuring at the same time an act of the senate for his confinement there during life.”

Augustus 19

• elder kin: Augustus “Audasius and Epicadus had formed the design of carrying off to the armies his daughter Julia, and his grandson Agrippa, from the islands in which they were confined.”
• enemies with Lucius Audasius “Audasius and Epicadus had formed the design of carrying off to the armies his daughter Julia, and his grandson Agrippa, from the islands in which they were confined.”
• enemies with Asinius Epicadus “Audasius and Epicadus had formed the design of carrying off to the armies his daughter Julia, and his grandson Agrippa, from the islands in which they were confined.”

Augustus 64

• elder kin: Augustus “He had three grandsons by Agrippa and Julia, namely, Caius, Lucius, and Agrippa; and two grand-daughters, Julia and Agrippina.”
• parent: Agrippa “He had three grandsons by Agrippa and Julia, namely, Caius, Lucius, and Agrippa; and two grand-daughters, Julia and Agrippina.”
• parent: Julia the Elder “He had three grandsons by Agrippa and Julia, namely, Caius, Lucius, and Agrippa; and two grand-daughters, Julia and Agrippina.”
• mentor: Augustus “He usually instructed his grandsons himself in reading, swimming, and other rudiments of knowledge”
• siblings with Caius Caesar (grandson of Augustus) “He had three grandsons by Agrippa and Julia, namely, Caius, Lucius, and Agrippa; and two grand-daughters, Julia and Agrippina.”
• siblings with Lucius “He had three grandsons by Agrippa and Julia, namely, Caius, Lucius, and Agrippa; and two grand-daughters, Julia and Agrippina.”
• siblings with Julia the Younger “He had three grandsons by Agrippa and Julia, namely, Caius, Lucius, and Agrippa; and two grand-daughters, Julia and Agrippina.”
• siblings with Agrippina the Elder “He had three grandsons by Agrippa and Julia, namely, Caius, Lucius, and Agrippa; and two grand-daughters, Julia and Agrippina.”

Augustus 65

• elder kin: Augustus “His third grandson Agrippa, with his step-son Tiberius, he adopted in the forum, by a law passed for the purpose by the Sections;”
• parent: Augustus “His third grandson Agrippa, with his step-son Tiberius, he adopted in the forum, by a law passed for the purpose by the Sections;”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.