Marcus Asinius Agrippa was a

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, who was active during the

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. He was

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in AD 25 as the colleague of first Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, then of

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. Agrippa died at the end of the following year (26). According to

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, Agrippa was descended from a family more illustrious than ancient, and did not disgrace it by his mode of life, although he mentions no specifics. Agrippa was the half-brother of

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, the natural son of the Emperor

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. He was the grandson of

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, the second son of Gaius Asinius Gallus and

Vipsania Agrippina Vipsania Agrippina (; unknown – 20 AD) was the first wife of the Roman emperor, Emperor Tiberius. She was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Attica (wife of Agrippa), Attica, thus being a granddaughter of Titus Pomponius Atticus, t ...

(after

) Paul von Rohden speculates that he may have been the father of Marcus Asinius Marcellus, consul in 54.von Rohden
"Asinius 18"
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'' (Stuttgart: Metzler, 1896), Band II.2, col. 1588

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26 deaths 1st-century Roman consuls Agrippa, Marcus Year of birth unknown {{AncientRome-bio-stub

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