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Agrippina the Younger

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The Resume

    (November 6, 15-March 59)
    Born at Oppidum Ubiorum (modern-day Cologne, Germany)
    Granddaughter of both the emperor Augustus and his sister Octavia
    Sister of Emperor Caligula
    Mother of the Emperor Nero
    Served as regent during the first year of Nero's reign

Why she might be annoying:

    Her first marriage was to her cousin at age 13.
    Her second marriage was to a wealthy landowner she allegedly poisoned.
    Her third marriage was to her uncle, Emperor Claudius.
    She convinced Claudius to place Nero, her son from her first marriage, ahead of his own son Britannicus in the imperial succession.
    She then murdered Claudius with poisonous mushrooms.
    She allegedly had an incestuous relationship with Nero.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was popular with the army because she gave large tracts of land to veterans.
    She hired the renowned philosopher Seneca to be Nero's tutor.
    Nero did not show much gratitude for her efforts to put him on the throne; instead, he tried to have her assassinated four times.
    When Nero finally succeeded by sending soldiers to kill her, her last words were ‘Strike here' as she pointed to the womb from which Nero was born.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 64.71% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 5 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 63.64% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 86 Votes: 66.28% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 39 Votes: 56.41% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 79 Votes: 63.29% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 37 Votes: 56.76% Annoying