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| 8. | Cynfelyn Of BRITAIN (son of Tenefan Ap Lludd Of BRITAIN); died in 0017. Other Events:
- _UID: 96E12D7657E94CA1B4DBD9FD28A1ED3193ED
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0014 . ?a favorite of Caesar Augustus (B.C. 27 - A.D. 14) ||This association with the Romans greatly promoted the peace with Britain and much civilized his people. aka: Cunobelinus of the Trinovantes 1 , 2 ., King (The Trinobantes were the most powerful of the Briton states. )
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| 10. | Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero GERMANICUS was born in 1 Aug 0009 B.C. in Lungudum, Gaul, Roman Empire (son of Nero Claudius Drucus GERMANICUS, Governor of Gaul and Antonia MINOR); died on 13 Oct 54 in Miseno, Bacoli, Naples, Italy; was buried on 13 Aug 54 in Mausoleum Of Augustus, Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. Other Events:
- Cause of Death: ; poisoned by his wife, Agrippina
- FamilySearch ID: L6GQ-6PC
- TitleOfNobility: ; Emperor of Rome
- Name: Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Drusus Nero Germanicus of GAUL
- _UID: E72E9DE551C54ADFBFB67D890A2E6DC5BB35
- TitleOfNobility: Between 24 Jan 41 and 13 Oct 54; Emperor of the Roman Empire - (13 years and 9 months)
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Death 13 Oct 0055.?"The ancient accounts are confused -- as is habitual in the cases of hidden and dubious deaths of emperors -- but their general drift is that Claudius was poisoned with a treated mushroom, that he lingered a while and had to be poisoned a second time." event 1 Jul 0038.?promoted to a suffect consulship"Claudius's fortunes changed somewhat when his unstable nephew, Gaius (Caligula), came to power in the spring of 37 A.D. Gaius, it seems, liked to use his bookish, frail uncle as the butt of cruel jokes and, in keeping with this pattern of behavior, promoted him to a suffect consulship on 1 July 37 A.D. At 46 years of age, it was Claudius's first public office. Despite this sortie into public life, he seemed destined for a relatively quiet and secluded dotage when, in January 41, events overtook him." event 0038?not all as he seemed"His family members mistook these physical debilities as reflective of mental infirmity and generally kept him out of the public eye as an embarrassment. A sign of this familial disdain is that he remained under guardianship, like a woman, even after he had reached the age of majority. Suetonius, in particular, preserves comments of Antonia, his mother, and Livia, his grandmother, which are particularly cruel in their assessment of the boy. From the same source, however, it emerges that Augustus suspected that there was more to this "idiot" than met the eye. Nevertheless, Claudius spent his entire childhood and youth in almost complete seclusion. The normal rites de passage of an imperial prince came and went without official notice, and Claudius received no summons to public office or orders to command troops on the frontiers. When he assumed the toga virilis, for instance, he was carried to the Capitol in a litter at night; the normal procedure was to be led into the Forum by one's father or guardian in full public view. How he spent the voluminous free time of his youth is revealed by his later character: he read voraciously. He became a scholar of considerable ability and composed works on all subjects in the liberal arts, especially history; he was the last person we know of who could read Etruscan. These skills, and the knowledge of governmental institutions he acquired from studying history, were to stand him in good stead when he came to power." birth 0010 B.C. , in August 1, Lugdunum, Gaul.
Tiberius married Julia Agrippina MINOR, II in 49. Julia (daughter of Caeser Germanicus CAESER and Vipsania Agrippina MAJOR) was born on 6 Nov 0015 in Oppidum Ubiorum, Germania, Roman Empire; died on 23 Mar 59 in Naples, Italy, Roman Empire; was buried in 59 in Miseno, Bacoli, Naples, Italy. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 11. | Julia Agrippina MINOR, II was born on 6 Nov 0015 in Oppidum Ubiorum, Germania, Roman Empire (daughter of Caeser Germanicus CAESER and Vipsania Agrippina MAJOR); died on 23 Mar 59 in Naples, Italy, Roman Empire; was buried in 59 in Miseno, Bacoli, Naples, Italy. Other Events:
- FamilySearch ID: LK62-7Q8
- Name: Agrippina MINOR "THE YOUNGER"
- _UID: C352E284E38548CF8D7015EC6ED06CDD7FEF
- TitleOfNobility: Between 49 and 54, Roma, Roman Empire; Empress of the Roman Empire
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Agrippina and Claudius married on New Year's Day, 49. This marriage caused widespread disapproval. This was a part of Agrippina's scheming plan to make her son Lucius the new emperor. Her marriage to Claudius was not based on love, but on power. She quickly eliminated her rival Lollia Paulina. Shortly after marrying Claudius, Agrippina persuaded the emperor to charge Paulina with black magic. Claudius stipulated that Paulina did not receive a hearing and her property was confiscated. She left Italy, but Agrippina was unsatisfied. Allegedly on Agrippina's orders, Paulina committed suicide.
In the months leading up to her marriage to Claudius, Agrippina's maternal second cousin, the praetor Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus, was betrothed to Claudius' daughter Claudia Octavia. This betrothal was broken off in 48, when Agrippina, scheming with the consul Lucius Vitellius the Elder, the father of the future emperor Aulus Vitellius, falsely accused Silanus of incest with his sister Junia Calvina. Agrippina did this hoping to secure a marriage between Octavia and her son. Consequently, Claudius broke off the engagement and forced Silanus to resign from public office.
Silanus committed suicide on the day that Agrippina married her uncle, and Calvina was exiled from Italy in early 49. Calvina was called back from exile after the death of Agrippina. Towards the end of 54, Agrippina would order the murder of Silanus' eldest brother Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus without Nero's knowledge, so that he would not seek revenge against her over his brother's death.
On the day that Agrippina married her uncle Claudius as her third husband/his fourth wife, she became empress. She also was a stepmother to Claudia Antonia, Claudius' daughter and only child from his second marriage to Aelia Paetina, and to the young Claudia Octavia and Britannicus, Claudius' children with Valeria Messalina. Agrippina removed or eliminated anyone from the palace or the imperial court who she thought was loyal and dedicated to the memory of the late Messalina. She also eliminated or removed anyone who she considered was a potential threat to her position and the future of her son, one of her victims being Lucius' second paternal aunt and Messalina's mother Domitia Lepida the Younger.
Griffin describes how Agrippina "had achieved this dominant position for her son and herself by a web of political alliances," which included Claudius's chief secretary and bookkeeper Pallas, his doctor Xenophon, and Afranius Burrus, the head of the Praetorian Guard (the imperial bodyguard), who owed his promotion to Agrippina. Neither ancient nor modern historians of Rome have doubted that Agrippina had her eye on securing the throne for Nero from the very day of the marriage? if not earlier. Dio Cassius's observation seems to bear that out: "As soon as Agrippina had come to live in the palace she gained complete control over Claudius."
In 49, Agrippina was seated on a dais at a parade of captives when their leader the Celtic King Caratacus bowed before her with the same homage and gratitude as he accorded the emperor. In 50, Agrippina was granted the honorific title of Augusta. She was only the third Roman woman (Livia Drusilla and Antonia Minor received this title) and only the second living Roman woman (the first being Antonia) to receive this title.
In her capacity as Augusta, Agrippina quickly became a trusted advisor to Claudius. And by AD 54, She exerted a considerable influence over the decisions of the emperor. A statues had been erected in her honor in the in all empire, and in the Senate, her followers were advanced with public offices and governorships. However this privileged position caused resentment among the senatorial class and the imperial family.
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