Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

VIPS2808 M. Vipsanius (2) L. f. Agrippa

Status

  • Nobilis Expand

    Vell. 2.96.1, Sen. Controv. 2.4.12 ("made noble, not born noble")

  • Novus Expand

    Vell. 2.96

Life Dates

  • 64?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 12?, death (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

son of
? L. Vipsanius (A) (father of? M. Vipsanius (2) L. f. Agrippa (cos. 37)) (Zmeskal 2009)
brother of
Vipsania (4) Polla (daughter of? L. Vipsanius (A)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio LV 8.3, Plin. n.h. III 17

L.? Vipsanius (B) (son of? L. Vipsanius (A)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio LIV 11.6

married to
1 Caecilia (78) Attica = Pomponia Attica (daughter of T. Pomponius (102) Atticus (eq. R. ?)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Sen. ep. 21.4

3 Iulia (550) (daughter of C. Iulius (132) C. f. C. n. Fab. Caesar Octavianus = C. Octavius C. f. Sca. Thurinus (or Caepias) (cos. suff. 43)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Liv. per. 138, Plut. Ant. 87.2

Claudia (422) Marcella maior (daughter of? C. Claudius (216) C. f. M. n. Marcellus (cos. 50)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Plut. Ant. 87.2

father of
1 Vipsania (1) Agrippina (daughter of M. Vipsanius (2) L. f. Agrippa (cos. 37)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Dio LIV 31.2, Sen. ep. 21.4, Suet. Tib. 7.2, Tac. ann. I 12

3 ? Vipsania (Agrippina 2) Agrippina (daughter of? M. Vipsanius (2) L. f. Agrippa (cos. 37)) (Zmeskal 2009)
3 ? Vipsania (Iulia 551) Iulia (daughter of? M. Vipsanius (2) L. f. Agrippa (cos. 37)) (Zmeskal 2009)
3 ? C. Iulius (134) Caesar (son of? M. Vipsanius (2) L. f. Agrippa (cos. 37)) (Zmeskal 2009)
3 ? L. Iulius (145) Caesar (son of? M. Vipsanius (2) L. f. Agrippa (cos. 37)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis after 44 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Niccolini (FTP 355) conjectures that he, like Cornificius the accuser of Brutus, prosecuted Cassius under the Pedian law as a Tribune (Plut. Brut. 27.3-5; cf. Vell. 2.69.5). He might have been elected to the place of Servilius Casca. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 37, 28, 27. In RE, see also 9A.1, Nachtr•ge 1226-1275. Tr. pl. Niccolini's conjecture (FTP 356f.) that Agrippa and Cornificius prosecuted Cassius and Brutus, respectively, for Caesar's murder under the Pedian law as tribunes of the plebs is not a necessary one since the trial took place in a quaestio (Plat. Brut. 27.3-5; cf. Vell. 2.69.5). There is no doubt that Agrippa held the office, but the statement in Servius (ad Aen. 8.682, et tribunus plebi quietissimus fait et post tertium consul) points to later and quieter years than 43. (RS, CP) On the trials see Mon. Ancyr. 1.2; Plut. Brut. 27; Liv. Per. 120; Suet. Nero 3.1; Galba 3.2; App. BC 3.95, 5.48; Dio 46.48-49, 47.22.4. See MRR 2.340-341. Proconsul 40-38. His victory over the Aquitani may by placed in 38 (App. BC 5.92; Dio 48.49.3; Eutrop. 7.5), and after it his crossing of the Rhine and his dealings with the Ubii (see M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 26-27, and note 34). On his coinage (with Octavian, Imp. Caesar Divi Iuli f.) as cos. desig. for 37, see Crawford, RRC 1.535, no. 534, 38 B.C. Aedile 33. In MRR 2.415, refer also to Hor. Sat. 2.3.185. See M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 47-52; Wiseman, NM 275, no. 497. (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Proconsul 41 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. Commanded the army which Octavian sent against Lucius Antonius from the south, and with Octavian and Salvidienus hemmed him in at Perusia (App. BC 5.30-33; Dio 48.13; Vell. 2.74). See Lübker no. 2; PIR 3.439, no. 4:57; Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 17-19. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 40 urbanus, Italia, Sicilia, Rome, (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • As Praetor Urbanus, he gave the games of Apollo (Dio 48.20.2). He took an important part in the Perusine war (App. BC 5.35), and after the surrender won over two of Plancus' legions (App. BC 5.50). He then received command against Sextus Pompey (App. BC 5.58; Dio 48.20), and repelled Antony's attack on Sipontum (App. BC 5.58; Dio 48.28.1). According to Dio (48.32.3) Agrippa brought the Aqua Iulia to Rome in 40 (see Frontin. Aq. 1.9; and 33, Aediles). See Lübker no. 2; PIR 3.439, no. 457; Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 21-24. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 40 Gallia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • See above, Praetors. It is probable that he was sent to succeed Salvidienus in Gaul immediately upon his abdication of the praetorship (see 39, and 38, Promagistrates; and cf. Eutrop. 7.5; Ganter 11; Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 25). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 37, 28, 27. In RE, see also 9A.1, Nachtr•ge 1226-1275. Tr. pl. Niccolini's conjecture (FTP 356f.) that Agrippa and Cornificius prosecuted Cassius and Brutus, respectively, for Caesar's murder under the Pedian law as tribunes of the plebs is not a necessary one since the trial took place in a quaestio (Plat. Brut. 27.3-5; cf. Vell. 2.69.5). There is no doubt that Agrippa held the office, but the statement in Servius (ad Aen. 8.682, et tribunus plebi quietissimus fait et post tertium consul) points to later and quieter years than 43. (RS, CP) On the trials see Mon. Ancyr. 1.2; Plut. Brut. 27; Liv. Per. 120; Suet. Nero 3.1; Galba 3.2; App. BC 3.95, 5.48; Dio 46.48-49, 47.22.4. See MRR 2.340-341. Proconsul 40-38. His victory over the Aquitani may by placed in 38 (App. BC 5.92; Dio 48.49.3; Eutrop. 7.5), and after it his crossing of the Rhine and his dealings with the Ubii (see M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 26-27, and note 34). On his coinage (with Octavian, Imp. Caesar Divi Iuli f.) as cos. desig. for 37, see Crawford, RRC 1.535, no. 534, 38 B.C. Aedile 33. In MRR 2.415, refer also to Hor. Sat. 2.3.185. See M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 47-52; Wiseman, NM 275, no. 497. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 39 Gallia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Gaul (see 40, Promagistrates), where he was joined by Octavian after the Pact of Puteoli, as there was unrest and revolt there (App. BC 5.75; cf. Eutrop. 7.5.1; see Ganter 11; Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 25). Agrippa’s crossing of the Rhine may be placed in 39, since his operations in Aquitania date from 38 (Dio 48.49.2). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 37, 28, 27. In RE, see also 9A.1, Nachtr•ge 1226-1275. Tr. pl. Niccolini's conjecture (FTP 356f.) that Agrippa and Cornificius prosecuted Cassius and Brutus, respectively, for Caesar's murder under the Pedian law as tribunes of the plebs is not a necessary one since the trial took place in a quaestio (Plat. Brut. 27.3-5; cf. Vell. 2.69.5). There is no doubt that Agrippa held the office, but the statement in Servius (ad Aen. 8.682, et tribunus plebi quietissimus fait et post tertium consul) points to later and quieter years than 43. (RS, CP) On the trials see Mon. Ancyr. 1.2; Plut. Brut. 27; Liv. Per. 120; Suet. Nero 3.1; Galba 3.2; App. BC 3.95, 5.48; Dio 46.48-49, 47.22.4. See MRR 2.340-341. Proconsul 40-38. His victory over the Aquitani may by placed in 38 (App. BC 5.92; Dio 48.49.3; Eutrop. 7.5), and after it his crossing of the Rhine and his dealings with the Ubii (see M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 26-27, and note 34). On his coinage (with Octavian, Imp. Caesar Divi Iuli f.) as cos. desig. for 37, see Crawford, RRC 1.535, no. 534, 38 B.C. Aedile 33. In MRR 2.415, refer also to Hor. Sat. 2.3.185. See M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 47-52; Wiseman, NM 275, no. 497. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Quindecemvir Sacris Faciundis? 39 to 38 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Proconsul 38 Gallia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Proconsul in Gaul (see 40, and 39, Promagistrates). He crushed a rising in Aquitania, but refused to celebrate the triumph which Octavian awarded him for his victory (App. BC 5.92; Dio 48.49.2-4; see above, Triumviri R. P. C., on Octavian). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 37, 28, 27. In RE, see also 9A.1, Nachtr•ge 1226-1275. Tr. pl. Niccolini's conjecture (FTP 356f.) that Agrippa and Cornificius prosecuted Cassius and Brutus, respectively, for Caesar's murder under the Pedian law as tribunes of the plebs is not a necessary one since the trial took place in a quaestio (Plat. Brut. 27.3-5; cf. Vell. 2.69.5). There is no doubt that Agrippa held the office, but the statement in Servius (ad Aen. 8.682, et tribunus plebi quietissimus fait et post tertium consul) points to later and quieter years than 43. (RS, CP) On the trials see Mon. Ancyr. 1.2; Plut. Brut. 27; Liv. Per. 120; Suet. Nero 3.1; Galba 3.2; App. BC 3.95, 5.48; Dio 46.48-49, 47.22.4. See MRR 2.340-341. Proconsul 40-38. His victory over the Aquitani may by placed in 38 (App. BC 5.92; Dio 48.49.3; Eutrop. 7.5), and after it his crossing of the Rhine and his dealings with the Ubii (see M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 26-27, and note 34). On his coinage (with Octavian, Imp. Caesar Divi Iuli f.) as cos. desig. for 37, see Crawford, RRC 1.535, no. 534, 38 B.C. Aedile 33. In MRR 2.415, refer also to Hor. Sat. 2.3.185. See M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 47-52; Wiseman, NM 275, no. 497. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Moneyer 38 (RRC) Expand
    • Cos. 37, 28, 27. In RE, see also 9A.1, Nachtr•ge 1226-1275. Tr. pl. Niccolini's conjecture (FTP 356f.) that Agrippa and Cornificius prosecuted Cassius and Brutus, respectively, for Caesar's murder under the Pedian law as tribunes of the plebs is not a necessary one since the trial took place in a quaestio (Plat. Brut. 27.3-5; cf. Vell. 2.69.5). There is no doubt that Agrippa held the office, but the statement in Servius (ad Aen. 8.682, et tribunus plebi quietissimus fait et post tertium consul) points to later and quieter years than 43. (RS, CP) On the trials see Mon. Ancyr. 1.2; Plut. Brut. 27; Liv. Per. 120; Suet. Nero 3.1; Galba 3.2; App. BC 3.95, 5.48; Dio 46.48-49, 47.22.4. See MRR 2.340-341. Proconsul 40-38. His victory over the Aquitani may by placed in 38 (App. BC 5.92; Dio 48.49.3; Eutrop. 7.5), and after it his crossing of the Rhine and his dealings with the Ubii (see M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 26-27, and note 34). On his coinage (with Octavian, Imp. Caesar Divi Iuli f.) as cos. desig. for 37, see Crawford, RRC 1.535, no. 534, 38 B.C. Aedile 33. In MRR 2.415, refer also to Hor. Sat. 2.3.185. See M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 47-52; Wiseman, NM 275, no. 497. (Broughton MRR III)
    • ref. 534 (RRC)
  • Triumphator? 38 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Triumph? ex Gallia. Decreed by Senate, refused by Agrippa. Not celebrated. MRR II.393. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Consul 37 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 11.6673, 18; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 58f. (M. Agrippa L. f.), 135, 506f.; Fast. Mag. Vic., ibid. 282, 288; Fast. Biond., ibid. 291f.; Joseph. AJ 14.487; Dio 48, Index, and 49.4; 49.24.1; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Agrippa, CIL 4.2437. Agrippa had probably been placed in charge in 38 of the preparation and training of a new fleet against Sextus Pompey (see 38, Triumviri B. P. C., on Octavian, and Promagistrates, on Agrippa). He spent much of the year building the protected Lucrine harbour, equipping the vessels and training the crews (Dio 48.49-51; cf. Verg. Georg. 2.161-164, and Serv. ad loc.; Liv. Per. 128; Strabo 5.4.6; Vell. 2.79.2- 3; Senec. Benef. 6.32.3; Plin. NH 36.125; Suet. Aug. 16.1; Flor. 2.18.6; Serv. Dan. on Verg. Aen. 8.682, and Serv. on 693; Cassiod. Chr. ad ann.; and on the ships and weapons, App. BC 5.106 and 118). Precisely when Agrippa also became admiral in succession to Calvisius (see Promagistrates, on Calvisius), is not certain, but it was probably early in the year. (See Grant, From Imperium to Auctoritas 46, on a coin inscribed Orae [maritimae et] clas(sis) Prae(fectus).) On Agrippa, see Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 28-35; De Lact no. 420; on Caninius, PIR² 2.92, no. 389. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Quindecemvir Sacris Faciundis 37 to after 31 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • A probable member of this college of priests about 31 B. C. In a number of instances the exact date when a priest became a member of his college is not known, and the conjecture is based on evidence of seniority such as the date of the consulship or some other office. The list of the Quindecimviri is based on Miss Hoffman's observation that the names listed in connection with the Saecular Games in 17 B. C. are arranged in the order of entrance into the college (see AJPh 73 [19521289-294). The names given below are drawn from Miss Hoffman's dissertation, The Membership of the Four Major Colleges of Priests from 44 B. C. to 37 A. D. (Bryn Mawr, 1951, available in microfilm). The order of names and the seniority of careers indicate that the following men, who belonged to the college of Quindecimviri in 17 B. C., were members in 31 (CIL 6.32323-ILS 5050). See M. Hollmann, AJPh 73 (1952) 289-294. (Broughton MRR II)
    • CIL 9.262 terms him Quindecimvir and Imperator, and should probably be dated early in his career since there is no mention of his consulate; cf. Vell. 2.127.1. A patrician after 29. See PIR 3.439, no. 457; De Laet no. 420; Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 62, 104. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 36 Sicilia (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Octavian's chief admiral and commander in the war against Sextus Pompey. His naval victory at Mylae opened the way to occupation of points on the northern coast of Sicily, and his victory at Naulochus was decisive, and he was present at the surrender of Messana (App. BC 5.96-122; Dio 49.1-11; cf. Liv. Per. 129; Vell. 2.79.4-5; Suet. Aug. 16.2; Flor. 2.18.7-9; Auct. Vir. Ill. 84.4; Eutrop. 7.6; Oros. 6.18.25-29; Zonar. 10.24-25; Serv. on Aen. 6.612, and 8.684; Serv. Dan. on Aen. 8.682). He was rewarded with the special honor of a naval crown (Dio 49.14.3; cf. Liv. Per. 129. Verg. Aen. 8.683f., and Serv. ad loc.; Ovid Ars Amat. 3.392; Vell. 2.81.3; Senec. Benef. 3.32.4; Plin. NH 16.7-8; Suet. Aug. 25.3; Gell. 5.6.18; see Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 42-44), and perhaps received his Sicilian estates about this time (Horace Epp. 1. 12. 1, and Scholia). See Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 37-44. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 35 Illyricum (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. Described by Appian as one of the leaders (#, Illyr. 20) with Octavian at Metulum in Illyricum. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 34 Illyricum (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • No title preserved. Agrippa took an active part with Octavian in the Dalmatian campaign, which he began before the latter arrived (Dio 49.38.4). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Aedilis 33 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Agrippa, as Aedile, probably as Curule Aedile, undertook a huge program of repairs and of new building, aqueducts, including the new Aqua Iulia, and repairs to the Aqua Marcia, drainage, improvement of arrangements for games, distributions, public baths, festivals and gifts, and undertook also the maintenance of his public works (Dio 49.43.1-4, cf. 42.3, probably erroneously dated in 34 in Dio; Strabo 5.3.8; Plin. NH 36.104 and 121, cf. 102; Suet. Aug. 42.1; Frontin. Aq. 1.9-10 and 98-99; and a mutilated inscription, ILS 128-CIL6.31270; see Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 47-52; Shipley, MAAR 9 [1931] 471.). He also drove astrologers and quacks from the city (Dio 49.43.5; cf. Tac. Hist. 1.22). Dio (48.32.3) dates the building of the Aqua Iulia in his praetorship (see Frontin. Aq. 1.9). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cos. 37, 28, 27. In RE, see also 9A.1, Nachtr•ge 1226-1275. Tr. pl. Niccolini's conjecture (FTP 356f.) that Agrippa and Cornificius prosecuted Cassius and Brutus, respectively, for Caesar's murder under the Pedian law as tribunes of the plebs is not a necessary one since the trial took place in a quaestio (Plat. Brut. 27.3-5; cf. Vell. 2.69.5). There is no doubt that Agrippa held the office, but the statement in Servius (ad Aen. 8.682, et tribunus plebi quietissimus fait et post tertium consul) points to later and quieter years than 43. (RS, CP) On the trials see Mon. Ancyr. 1.2; Plut. Brut. 27; Liv. Per. 120; Suet. Nero 3.1; Galba 3.2; App. BC 3.95, 5.48; Dio 46.48-49, 47.22.4. See MRR 2.340-341. Proconsul 40-38. His victory over the Aquitani may by placed in 38 (App. BC 5.92; Dio 48.49.3; Eutrop. 7.5), and after it his crossing of the Rhine and his dealings with the Ubii (see M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 26-27, and note 34). On his coinage (with Octavian, Imp. Caesar Divi Iuli f.) as cos. desig. for 37, see Crawford, RRC 1.535, no. 534, 38 B.C. Aedile 33. In MRR 2.415, refer also to Hor. Sat. 2.3.185. See M. Reinhold, Marcus Agrippa 47-52; Wiseman, NM 275, no. 497. (Broughton MRR III)
  • Proconsul 32 Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Probably Octavian's chief admiral in 32 as in 31 (see 31, Promagistrates). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Proconsul 31 Achaea (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Agrippa was Octavian's admiral in chief throughout the Actium campaign. In the spring he crossed to Greece, intercepted Antony's supplies, and captured a number of strategic points, such as Methone, Corcyra, which became Octavian's base, Leucas and Patrae. His victory on September 2 at Actium was decisive, and was followed by the destruction of Antony's fleet and the surrender of his army. After the victory Agrippa proceeded as far as the capture of Corinth, and was then sent back to Italy with the main body of veterans, and there shared jointly with Maecenas full power as Octavian's representative while he was absent in the East. (Liv. Per. 132- 133; Vell. 2.84-85; Plut. Ant. 60-69, esp. 65; Flor. 2.21.1-9; Dio 50.10-35; Oros. 6.19.5-13; Zonar. 10.29-30; cf. Verg. Aen. 8.862f., and Serv. Dan. ad toc.; Horace Epode 9; Carm. 1.37, and Acro ad. loc.; Strabo 7.7.6; 8.4.3; 17.1.11; Plin. NH 19.22; Suet. Aug. 17.2-3; Gell. 2.22.23; on the date of Actium, Fast. Arv. and Kal. Amit., CIL 12.1, p. 214 and 244, resp.; Dio 51.1.1; Lyd. Mens. 4.124; and on Agrippa's return to Italy, Dio 51.3.4-7.) (Broughton MRR II)

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