On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Agrippina. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as roman and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Agrippina in a sentence
Agrippina meaning
The mother of Caligula; the mother of Nero.
Synonyms of Agrippina
Using Agrippina
- The main meaning on this page is: The mother of Caligula; the mother of Nero.
- Useful related words include: roman, agrippina the younger, agrippina the elder.
- In the example corpus, agrippina often appears in combinations such as: agrippina and, agrippina was, of agrippina.
Context around Agrippina
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 14 start, 4 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Agrippina
- In this selection, "agrippina" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, tacitus, daughter, offered and began stand out and add context to how "agrippina" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include agrippina also attempted and agrippina also is. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "agrippina" sits close to words such as aguilar, aquinas and authoritarianism, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with agrippina
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Agrippina also attempted to influence the young Nero. (8 words)
After being widowed a second time, Agrippina was left very wealthy. (11 words)
Agrippina had reminded Germanicus on occasion of his relation to Augustus. (11 words)
After the Circus Games, Caligula ordered written evidence of the court cases from Tiberius’ treason trials to be brought to the Forum to be burnt, first being the cases of Agrippina and her two sons. (35 words)
From the memoirs written by Agrippina the Younger, Tacitus used the memoirs to extract information regarding the family and fate of Agrippina the Elder, when Tacitus was writing The Annals. (30 words)
A bronze medal on display in the British Museum shows Agrippina’s ashes being brought back to Rome by Caligula. (20 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to Tacitus, Agrippina’s eldest daughter Agrippina the Younger had written memoirs for posterity.
At dinner, Tiberius offered Agrippina an apple as a test of Agrippina’s feelings for the emperor.
From the memoirs written by Agrippina the Younger, Tacitus used the memoirs to extract information regarding the family and fate of Agrippina the Elder, when Tacitus was writing The Annals.
Photo by: Paola Kudacki / Met OperaJoyce DiDonato in the title role of Handel's Agrippina.
A bronze medal on display in the British Museum shows Agrippina’s ashes being brought back to Rome by Caligula.
After being widowed a second time, Agrippina was left very wealthy.
Aftermath During the remainder of Nero's reign, Agrippina's grave was not covered or enclosed.
After the Circus Games, Caligula ordered written evidence of the court cases from Tiberius’ treason trials to be brought to the Forum to be burnt, first being the cases of Agrippina and her two sons.
After the death of Britannicus, Agrippina was accused of slandering Octavia and Nero ordered her out of the imperial residence.
Agrippina also attempted to influence the young Nero.
Agrippina also is mentioned by ancient sources as "scheming for her son (Nero)".
Agrippina and Claudius had become more combative in the months leading up to his death.
Agrippina and Domitius named their son Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, after the Domitius' recently deceased father.
Agrippina and Germanicus in their union had nine children, of whom three died young.
Agrippina and Lucius received greater applause from the audience than Messalina and Britannicus did.
Agrippina began to support Britannicus in her attempt to make him emperor.
Agrippina between 55 and 58 became very watchful and had a critical eye over her son.
Agrippina did this hoping to secure a marriage between Octavia and her son.
Agrippina had reminded Germanicus on occasion of his relation to Augustus.
Agrippina had suspected that the apple could be poisoned and refused to taste the apple.
Common combinations with agrippina
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- agrippina and 16×
- agrippina was 13×
- of agrippina 9×
- agrippina the 6×
- agrippina had 6×
- agrippina to 4×
- and agrippina 4×
- in agrippina 4×
- to agrippina 3×
- agrippina poisoned 3×