Agrippa

Agrippa, M. VIPSANIUS (63-12 B.C.), a Roman who, though not of high birth, rose to an exalted position through his own talents. He was a fellow-student of Octavian at Apollonia in Illyria, and was one of his closest friends and most trusted counsellors throughout his life. As a general, he laid the foundation for the sole dominion of Octavian, commanded his fleet in the battle of Actium (31 B.C.), and did good service in Gaul, Spain, Syria, and Pannonia. He was generous, upright, and a friend to the arts; Rome owed to him the restoration and construction of several aqueducts, and the Pantheon, besides other public works of ornament and utility. He was married thrice—to a daughter of T. Pomponius Atticus, to Marcella, niece of Augustus, and lastly to Julia, daughter of Augustus. A daughter of his first wife married Tiberius, the successor of Augustus; while the noble Agrippina, wife of Germanicus, was his daughter by Julia.