Agrippa may refer to:

People

Antiquity

* Agrippa (mythology), 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 es ...

, 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 al ...

, Roman consul in 503 BC *

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law, and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. He was responsible for the construction of some of the most notable build ...

(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 Decimus may refer to: Romen praenomen * Decimus (praenomen) * Decimus Carfulenus (died 43 BC), Roman statesman * Decimus Haterius Agrippa (died 32 AD), consul in 22 AD * Decimus Junius Brutus (consul 77 BC) * Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (– ...

, consul in AD 22 * Marcus Asinius Agrippa, consul in AD 25 *

Vibulenus Agrippa Vibullius AgrippaCassius Dio, lviii. 21 (also sometimes called Vibulenus Agrippa) was an ancient Roman man of the first century who was accused of a crime and killed himself in front of the Roman senate. Name Agrippa is called "Vibulenus" by Tacitu ...

, 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, the ...

, (10 BC–AD 44) grandson of Herod the Great, king of Judea, 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 fle ...

, (AD 27–100), his son * Agrippa Castor, Christian Roman writer of the 2nd century * Julius Agrippa, 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 drew ...

(1486–1535), occultist, philosopher, and theologian * Camillo Agrippa, sixteenth-century architect who applied geometric theory to the art of fencing * Agrippa d'Aubigné (1552–1630), French poet, soldier, propagandist and chronicler *

Agrippa Masiyakurima Agrippa “Bopela” Masiyakurima was born in Mutare Mutare (formerly Umtali) is the most populous city in the province of Manicaland, and the third most populous city in Zimbabwe, having surpassed Gweru in the 2012 census, with an urban a ...

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 ...

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

True Blood ''True Blood'' is an American fantasy Horror fiction, horror Drama (film and television), drama television show, television series produced and created by Alan Ball (screenwriter), Alan Ball. It is based on ''The Southern Vampire Mysteries'', a ...

'' * Mighty Agrippa, Roman God of the Aqueduct, a character from ''The Tick'' * Agrippa, a character from the video game '' Amnesia: The Dark Descent'', likely based on Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa * 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 disast ...

Other uses

* Agrippa (praenomen), 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 in the ''Babylon 5'' television series * Pedestal of Agrippa in Athens

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