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Caius Caesar Agrippa

 

Caius Caesar Agrippa, son of Agrippa and Julia, was adopted by his grandfather Augustus and made consul, at the age of 14 or 15.  This promising youth went to Armenia, on the expedition against the Persians, where he received a fatal blow from the treacherous hand of Lollius, the governor of one of the neighboring cities.  He languished for a little time and died in Lycia. 

 





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Caius Caesar Agrippa

 

Caius Caesar Agrippa, son of Agrippa and Julia, was adopted by his grandfather Augustus and made consul, at the age of 14 or 15.  This promising youth went to Armenia, on the expedition against the Persians, where he received a fatal blow from the treacherous hand of Lollius, the governor of one of the neighboring cities.  He languished for a little time and died in Lycia. 

 





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CAIUS CAESAR and LUCIUS CAESAR, the sons of M. Vipanius Agrippa, and of Julia; and the grandsons of Augustus.

Caius was born in 20 B.C. and Lucius in 17 B.C. These two young princes had become, by adoption, the sons of Augustus, who carefully superintended the education of both, having designated them as his successor in the Empire.


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