Agrippa may refer to:

People

Antiquity

Agrippa (mythology) In Greco-Roman mythology, Agrippa (said to have reigned 914-873 BC) Dionysius of Halicarnassus ''Roman Antiquities'' 1.71 () was a descendant of Aeneas and King of Alba Longa, the capital of Latium, southeast of Rome. He was listed as king of ...

, semi-mythological king of Alba Longa * Agrippa (astronomer), Greek astronomer from the late 1st century *

Agrippa the Skeptic Agrippa ( el, Ἀγρίππας) was a Pyrrhonist philosopher who probably lived towards the end of the 1st century CE. He is regarded as the author of "The Five Tropes (or Modes, in el, τρόποι) of Agrippa", which are purported to est ...

, Skeptic philosopher at the end of the 1st century *

Agrippa Menenius Lanatus Agrippa Menenius Lanatus (died 493 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 503 BC, with Publius Postumius Tubertus. He was victorious over the Sabines and was awarded a triumph which he celebrated on 4 April, 503 BC. According to Livy, he als ...

, Roman consul in 503 BC * Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63–12 BC), Roman statesman and general, friend and lieutenant of Augustus Caesar *

Agrippa Postumus Marcus Agrippa Postumus (12 BC – AD 14),: "The elder Agrippa died, in the summer of 12 BC, while Julia was pregnant with their fifth child. The boy was very likely born sometime after June 26 of the following year. When his grandfather adopted ...

(12 BC–AD 14) * Gaius Fonteius Agrippa, father and son with the same name; the former an accuser of Libo, the latter suffect consul in AD 58 * Decimus Haterius Agrippa, consul in AD 22 *

Marcus Asinius Agrippa Marcus Asinius Agrippa was a Roman Empire, Roman Roman senate, senator, who was active during the Principate. He was Roman consul, consul in AD 25 as the colleague of first Cossus Cornelius Lentulus (consul AD 25), Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, then ...

, consul in AD 25 * Vibulenus Agrippa, committed suicide in the Roman senate in AD 36 *

Herod Agrippa Herod Agrippa (Roman name Marcus Julius Agrippa; born around 11–10 BC – in Caesarea), also known as Herod II or Agrippa I (), was a grandson of Herod the Great and King of Judea from AD 41 to 44. He was the father of Herod Agrippa II, th ...

, (10 BC–AD 44) grandson of Herod the Great, friend of Claudius *

Herod Agrippa II Herod Agrippa II (; AD 27/28 – or 100), officially named Marcus Julius Agrippa and sometimes shortened to Agrippa, was the last ruler from the Herodian dynasty, reigning over territories outside of Judea as a Roman client. Agrippa II fled ...

, (AD 27–100), his son *

Agrippa Castor Agrippa Castor has been identified as "the earliest recorded writer against heresy, and apparently the only one who composed a book solely devoted to the refutation of Basilides". Little is known of him besides second-hand passing in ancient histor ...

, Christian Roman writer of the 2nd century *

Julius Agrippa Julius Agrippa was a Syrian nobleman from the Royal family of Emesa who lived in the 2nd century. Agrippa was an Emesene nobleman who was a direct descendant of the Emesene Roman Priest-Client King Sohaemus of Emesa, also known as Gaius Julius ...

, Centurion of the 2nd century *

Marcius Agrippa Marcius Agrippa (fl. late 2nd/early 3rd century) was originally a slave serving as a beautician. He later became a freedman in some unknown way and then (illegally) started to encroach upon the rank of Equestrian, serving as ''advocatus fisci'' ( ...

, slave of the 3rd century who was eventually elevated to senatorial rank by Macrinus

Modern era

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (; ; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, theologian, and occult writer. Agrippa's '' Three Books of Occult Philosophy'' published in 1533 dre ...

(1486–1535), occultist, philosopher, and theologian * Camillo Agrippa, sixteenth-century architect who applied geometric theory to the art of fencing *

Agrippa d'Aubigné Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné (, 8 February 155229 April 1630) was a French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler. His epic poem ''Les Tragiques'' (1616) is widely regarded as his masterpiece. In a book about his Catholic contemporary Jean de ...

(1552–1630), French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler

Fictional characters

* Mumboz Agrippa, a character from the ''

Zork ''Zork'' is a text-based adventure game first released in 1977 by developers Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling for the PDP-10 mainframe computer. The original developers and others, as the company Infocom, expanded a ...

'' series of computer games * Salome Agrippa, a character from ''

True Blood ''True Blood'' is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball. It is based on '' The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a series of novels by Charlaine Harris. A reboot is currently in development. The ser ...

'' *

Mighty Agrippa, Roman God of the Aqueduct This article details the characters found in all four versions of '' The Tick''. Main characters The Tick The Tick is a superhero in a blue bug suit (which may or may not be part of his body). He is the main protagonist of the Tick franchise. A ...

, a character from ''The Tick'' * Agrippa, a character from the video game '' Amnesia: The Dark Descent'', likely based on

* Agrippa, a character from the 1845 children's book ''

Struwwelpeter ''Der Struwwelpeter'' ("shock-headed Peter" or "Shaggy Peter") is an 1845 German children's book by Heinrich Hoffmann. It comprises ten illustrated and rhymed stories, mostly about children. Each has a clear moral that demonstrates the disastr ...

'' *Agrippa, a fictional character in a spellbook seen in the film The Craft *Gordon Agrippa, a fictional character in the anime 'Black Clover'

Other uses

Agrippa (praenomen) Agrippa is a Latin ''praenomen'', or personal name, which was most common during the early centuries of the Roman Republic. It was sometimes abbreviated Agr., or occasionally Agripp.; both forms are found in the ''Fasti Capitolini''. Despite en ...

, a Latin personal name * Agrippa (crater), an impact crater on the moon * '' Agrippa (A Book of the Dead)'', a 1992 work of art by William Gibson and others * A fictional space destroyer in the

Earth Alliance Civil War ''Babylon 5'' is an American science fiction television series created, produced and largely written by J. Michael Straczynski. The show centers on the Babylon 5 space station: a focal point for politics, diplomacy, and conflict during the ...

in the ''Babylon 5'' television series *

Pedestal of Agrippa The Pedestal, now known as the Agrippa Pedestal located west of the Propylaea of Athens and the same height as the Temple of Athena Nike to the south, was built in honor of Eumenes II of Pergamon in 178 BC to commemorate his victory in the Panath ...

in Athens

People

Antiquity

Modern era

Fictional characters

Other uses

See also