Agrippa Postumus

Roma

Introduction

Agrippa Postumus (12 BC-14 AD) was the youngest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
and Julia the Elder. He was named as heir to the Roman Empire by his uncle Augustus on
his deathbed, but, immediately following Augustus' death in 14 AD, Augustus' wife Livia
had Postumus murdered by Sejanus so that her own son Tiberius would become the next emperor.

History

Marcus Agrippa Postumus (12 BC – AD 14), later named Agrippa Julius Caesar, was a Roman
nobleman who was the youngest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, the
daughter and only biological child of the Roman Emperor Augustus. Augustus initially
considered Postumus as a potential successor and formally adopted him as his heir, but
banished him from Rome in AD 6 on account of his ferocia ("beastly nature"). In effect
(though not in law), this action cancelled his adoption and virtually assured Tiberius'
emplacement as Augustus' sole heir. Postumus was ultimately executed by his own guards
shortly after Augustus' death in AD 14.

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