Agrippina II

[ ag-ruh-pahy-nuh, -pee- ]

/ ˌæg rəˈpaɪ nə, -ˈpi- /

a.d. 16?–59?, mother of the Roman emperor Nero and sister of Caligula.

Example sentences from the Web for agrippina

The barge in which Agrippina was thus invited to embark, was the treacherous trap that Anicetus had contrived for her destruction.

Nero |Jacob Abbott
It may be seen by lifting a trap-door, A bronze medal of Agrippina was found at the same time.

The Shores of the Adriatic |F. Hamilton Jackson
Agrippina, whose very name is infamy, was the admiration of courtiers and statesmen.

Beacon Lights of History, Volume III |John Lord
Agrippina was of course admitted, and left her attendants at the door.

Darkness and Dawn |Frederic W. Farrar

The Agrippina had not arrived; nor did I ever see her afterward.

Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States |Raphael Semmes

Agrippina

/ (ˌæɡrɪˈpiːnə) /

called the Elder. c. 14 bc –33 ad, Roman matron: granddaughter of Augustus, wife of Germanicus, mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger

called the Younger. 15–59 ad, mother of Nero, who put her to death after he became emperor