The emperor Nero murdered his mother. Who was she?

jimmycarlos

Agrippina the Younger. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero#Matricide_and_consolidation_of_power Jul 21 08, 4:06 PM

sequoianoir

AGRIPPINA While The Great Fire and the persecution of the Christians stand out in history books, the notorious event that disgusted his contemporaries was when Nero killed his mother, Agrippina. Agrippina had maneuvered her son to power through marriage and intrigue. Once he became emperor she attempted to rule through him. In the early years of his reign, Nero had shown great esteem for his mother. But when he was ready to be rid of her he had a special device rigged on a ship to make her death look like an accident. After dining with Agrippina, he had his mother placed on the ship and at the appointed time a lead-weighted canopy collapsed on top of her. However, she was seated on a Roman couch at the time and the arms of the couch saved her. So Nero had the ship capsized. Again his tough mother escaped death by swimming to shore. Finally, Nero gave up the pretense of an accident and sent his soldiers to kill her. http://ehistory.osu.edu/world/articles/ArticleView.cfm?AID=29 Jul 21 08, 4:09 PM

jbooker8

Nero murdered his mother Agrippina in AD 59 and in 62 divorced, banished, and executed his first wife Octavia http://www.answers.com/topic/poppaea-sabina Jul 21 08, 4:25 PM

sequoianoir

Nero's mother was Agrippina (the Younger) She was one of 9 children, a brother was Gaius (otherwise know as Caligula) Her mother was Vipsania Agrippina (Agrippina the Elder) and her father was Germanicus (a grand-son of Livia) Her maternal grandparents were Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia (daughter of Augustus) She was married to Claudius who was her mother's (Agrippina the Elder) brother-in-law. Produced from >>> http://sights.seindal.dk/sight/857_Agrippina_the_Elder.html Jul 21 08, 4:39 PM