You forgot incest, matricide, that she almost escaped by using bee wits and quick reaction but it didn't last long had she know it was her son she may have had escaped by not going straight to her palace. This woman has all the tragedy, followed by all the success and ended tragically because she was unable to enjoy the success without plotting and try to climb when there is no next level but death.
Livia Drusila actually had a similar life and was the wife of Augustus; she got a series for herself on Max called Domina and I was honestly not amused with it
Oh please give us some more roman and byzantine history!! Especially byzantine royal history is widely unknown to a lot of people but its so intriguing!
Agrippina the Younger was the focus of my thesis paper almost a year ago. Trying to wade through the like of Tacitus, Suetonius, and Dio to find an unbiased view on her was near impossible as my goal was to re-write her as an ideal mother and wife based on the expectations of Roman women. A not so challenging write for a woman who absolutely needed her story to be rewritten in a more positive light. I saw this an instantly jumped on watching it. Thank you for all of your amazing hard work and dedication to history.
He was called Julius Caesar as he took the name of the man who posthumously adopted him as an heir, who was Julius Caesar. Historians just use Octavian to make things less confusing
This period in Roman history has always creeped me out, even more so having just recently watched the BBC's "I, Claudius" series. The Julian dynasty is arguably one of the most, if not the most, disturbing "families" in history, putting the Medici, Borgias, et al. to shame.
That is probably one of the most in-depth documentaries on agrippina the younger I've ever seen. It made a lot of my knowledge of Roman history click more into place. Thank you. That was excellent. And I agree, a history of the powerful women in Rome would be fascinating and I would thoroughly enjoy hearing that as well.
@@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus oh Josephus definitely went into some depth on her and the fact that he was able to see it first hand is also good. The fact that she can pull from all these different sources though and compile them into one video makes it more in depth for me. It gives a clearer timeline.
Agrippina the Elder had many positive qualities but really, if she was convinced Tiberius killed her husband for being a threat why did she think it was a good idea to go to his capital and loudly making accusations and putting her sons in his sights, especially since even the older ones were too young to be a true threat to the Emperor at the time.
Can you imagine living like that? As any of these Romans whose names were mentioned? I've read about these events before, but the way they are presented here made them into an amazing, visceral, haunting story. Amazing video, please make more videos about Rome and ancient world! Thank you
Big fan here! Id like to hear about the Portuguese and Brazilian royal families, equally important in the European context and having a fascinating connection to world history. Thanks
Thanks for the video! I remember learning about her from the Rotten Romans book (which included the boat & telling the assassins to stab her where her ungrateful son came from, & the friend, I think it credited that the friend purposefully saved her). It was interesting to learn more background of everything!
Man, imagine what the world would've been like if Tiberius died and was succeeded by Germanicus as intended. It sounds like he was a great leader and decent person, and maybe Agrippina, Caligula, and their siblings would have been great leaders as well without all that trauma and bloodshed.
Love your vids about monarchs! Just one correction at the beginning: Agrippina the Younger was actually Tiberius’ grand-niece and Claudius’ niece and wife.
One thing I always notice is the curly hair in ancient sculpture, but the straight hair of modern Italians. I wonder if hair was really curly, or if it was just fashionable to depict it so (... as was done with physique, you know, everyone but Nero was shown as healthy and muscled no matter the truth if their bodies in real life).
Fashion would be a major contributor. You can see it in the portraits of later centuries. Hair styles come and go, and people have been curling or straightening their hair since the dawn of time.
Can you do a series on the history of the papacy from Peter to Francis? There's not much that has shaped this history of the western world more than the catholic church.
Another wonderful video on fascinating women in history, thank you, Lindsay!👏 I just wanted to ask if you can do a video on the 3 wives of Shah Mohamed Reza of Iran. I found out about them & I was so interested in them & their personal struggles, especially Princess Fawzia of Egypt, she's sooo beautiful but suffered quite a lot.
I have to say that Agrippina was a very interesting and important figure. This documentary shows a depth about Agripina's life since childhood though I do wish she should have been married into a much decent man Than domitius or whatever his name is.
Tbh I don’t think it would’ve mattered if he was a good husband, she still would have killed him for a higher match because she was power crazy. Too bad it all backfired in the worst way.
@@destinyclark4133 I guess that's how karma works. What comes around goes around anyways she's a product of her times. Hard times create hard men which she literally takes too far 😉 anyways happy new year
According to a documentary about Nero, he only burned down houses to stop the fire. That's a strategy used by firefighters until today (though mainly in forrests, not in an inhabited area). The historians consider it unlikely that he ordered the fire, as he was the one who lost most from it. And after the fire, he let the homeless live in houses owned by him and lowered the food prices. He wasn't all that bad. A lot is just propaganda by his enemies. Though he probaby wasn't a pleasant person, he wasn't quite as bad. And he blamed the fire on the Christians after many people blamed him for it.
Very poor description of her family tree. Agrippina the younger's mother was Agripinna the Elder, the daughter of Julia. Julia was the daughter of Augustus and she had several children with Marcus Agrippa. Agrippina the Elder married Germanicus who was the son of Drusus. Drusus was the son of Livia and brother of Claudius. Drusus married Antonia the younger. Antonia was the daughter of Mark Antony.
Honestly I don't blame her she did what she had to do to gain power in a time and place where women were powerless. Sure she was ruthless and cruel but so we're all the the other men around her
There is a Sky TV series that started in 2021 called "Domina" which focuses on the rise of Livia Drusilla (wife of Augustus Caesar, briefly mentioned in this video), but it also has a lot of the other prominent women around her. I believe it's still going, because season 2 is coming out in 2023, so, if it goes long enough, I'm sure they can feature multiple domina...s? Dominae? 🤔😅
Claudius is said to have fathered more than two children, it is mostly thought he had a son Claudius Drusus from his marriage to Plautia Urgulanilla who died in childhood, a daughter Claudia Antonia by Aelia Paetina and a daughter Claudia Octavia and a son Britannicus by Valeria Messalina, it was Octavia who was married at one point to Nero rather than Antonia. Antonia apparently appears briefly in Robert Graves book about Claudius but she was omitted from the 1976 TV adaption which is always annoying when they cut out real people from stories that are supposed to be based on true events!
in the history of the Roman empire, none of them reached the age of 50 to 60 years old, most of them die early....but did any of them last to that age?
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YESSS finally some history that doesn't involve British contemporary monarchs! This one was excellent, thank you!
I love those too tho cx
She has alot of them
Agrippinna's lifestory has all the elements of a Hollywood blockbuster - sex, intrigue, suspense, sensuality, violence & propaganda.
How has NO ONE made a movie about this???
You forgot incest, matricide, that she almost escaped by using bee wits and quick reaction but it didn't last long had she know it was her son she may have had escaped by not going straight to her palace. This woman has all the tragedy, followed by all the success and ended tragically because she was unable to enjoy the success without plotting and try to climb when there is no next level but death.
Livia Drusila actually had a similar life and was the wife of Augustus; she got a series for herself on Max called Domina and I was honestly not amused with it
Somebody make a biopic about her. I'd go see it.
Oh please give us some more roman and byzantine history!! Especially byzantine royal history is widely unknown to a lot of people but its so intriguing!
Agrippina the Younger was the focus of my thesis paper almost a year ago. Trying to wade through the like of Tacitus, Suetonius, and Dio to find an unbiased view on her was near impossible as my goal was to re-write her as an ideal mother and wife based on the expectations of Roman women. A not so challenging write for a woman who absolutely needed her story to be rewritten in a more positive light.
I saw this an instantly jumped on watching it.
Thank you for all of your amazing hard work and dedication to history.
is there anyway we can read it? your paper sounds super interesting i'd love to read thru 😄
She was a real work of art, Agrippina the younger
@@angryerika I mean I’m down if you are 🤷🏻♀️
@@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus Yes she was, 100%
Next up, a feminist rewrite of Aileen Wuornos.
I feel a bit better about my dysfunctional family issues now over the holidays, thank you
Bwahahahaha
Hey Lindsay,can u make a series for Roman empresses, especially Livia drusilla ,the first Roman empress
The Augusta
I want to see that too. I remember her from _I, Claudius_ . Was she really that bad?
DOMINA!!
It was excellent!
@@skontheroad After seeing Sian Phillips as Livia, no one can compare. DOMINA was good but I Claudius's Livia was the epitome of viciousness.
One awkward note: Augustus wasn't called that until he became emperor. He was named Octavian.
Obviously but it would get confusing going between names
@@reet7060 lmao that's what happened to me when I was reading abut him
He was called Julius Caesar as he took the name of the man who posthumously adopted him as an heir, who was Julius Caesar. Historians just use Octavian to make things less confusing
This period in Roman history has always creeped me out, even more so having just recently watched the BBC's "I, Claudius" series. The Julian dynasty is arguably one of the most, if not the most, disturbing "families" in history, putting the Medici, Borgias, et al. to shame.
Read the book that was the source material, it's a good read. I have a copy of it and the sequel.
That is probably one of the most in-depth documentaries on agrippina the younger I've ever seen. It made a lot of my knowledge of Roman history click more into place. Thank you. That was excellent. And I agree, a history of the powerful women in Rome would be fascinating and I would thoroughly enjoy hearing that as well.
Perhaps, but, Suetonious, Tactics, Josephus and Dio wrote about her as well.
@@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus oh Josephus definitely went into some depth on her and the fact that he was able to see it first hand is also good. The fact that she can pull from all these different sources though and compile them into one video makes it more in depth for me. It gives a clearer timeline.
Agrippina the Elder had many positive qualities but really, if she was convinced Tiberius killed her husband for being a threat why did she think it was a good idea to go to his capital and loudly making accusations and putting her sons in his sights, especially since even the older ones were too young to be a true threat to the Emperor at the time.
Before Germanicus had died he even warned his wife about this
Yessss I have been waiting for this. 👏👏👏 I hope it becomes a series. The romans are my guilty pleasure.
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Same Bro
Yes, especially considering Rome, a
series decades ago was cancelled..
Yes!! I’ve been waiting so long for this! Agrippina was such a badass… I hope this is a series! Keep up the great work.
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Can you imagine living like that? As any of these Romans whose names were mentioned?
I've read about these events before, but the way they are presented here made them into an amazing, visceral, haunting story. Amazing video, please make more videos about Rome and ancient world! Thank you
Damn!!
Who would want to live amongst them!!
Agrippina the Younger is one of my favorite problematic historical women! Up there with Irene of Athens, who I would also love to see content about.
She's done a video on Irene of Athens I believe!
Big fan here! Id like to hear about the Portuguese and Brazilian royal families, equally important in the European context and having a fascinating connection to world history. Thanks
Nobody wants to hear about those racist colonialist bastards who gained their wealth by enslaving other people
I find that agripinna’s story is much like wu zetian’s!
Other than Agrippina being murdered.
She was ruthless, to be sure!
and paid, but it was already prophesied before Nero's birth
Can you please do a video series on the Borgias and the Medicis?
Yessss please!
Love your videos!!! Id love for you to cover ancient Chinese court drama that is similar to this! so titillating!!
I have been waiting for you to do this video for my whole life I swear! Amazing as always!
Please do a series on all Roman emperors and empresses
Thanks for the video! I remember learning about her from the Rotten Romans book (which included the boat & telling the assassins to stab her where her ungrateful son came from, & the friend, I think it credited that the friend purposefully saved her). It was interesting to learn more background of everything!
Augustus was known as Octavian prior to becoming Emperor.
Man, imagine what the world would've been like if Tiberius died and was succeeded by Germanicus as intended. It sounds like he was a great leader and decent person, and maybe Agrippina, Caligula, and their siblings would have been great leaders as well without all that trauma and bloodshed.
it's definitely a big what-if, isn't it? Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, the emperor and empress who never were
Love your vids about monarchs! Just one correction at the beginning: Agrippina the Younger was actually Tiberius’ grand-niece and Claudius’ niece and wife.
Wow! I have to watch again to absorb all the intricacies.
One thing I always notice is the curly hair in ancient sculpture, but the straight hair of modern Italians. I wonder if hair was really curly, or if it was just fashionable to depict it so (... as was done with physique, you know, everyone but Nero was shown as healthy and muscled no matter the truth if their bodies in real life).
Fashion would be a major contributor. You can see it in the portraits of later centuries. Hair styles come and go, and people have been curling or straightening their hair since the dawn of time.
The archeologists have found curling tongs from the era, I read that in a journal somewhere online.
What a ride! That was fascinating. I think I went cross-eyed at one point trying to follow the family lines 🥴
Power corrupts. But then it has a head start, because the craving for personal power is the central fact of human existence...
Can you do a series on the history of the papacy from Peter to Francis? There's not much that has shaped this history of the western world more than the catholic church.
Yes! Have been waiting for this one!
I just made myself a cup of tea saw this history teatime premiering, leggo. ☕️
Greetings from Cologne. 🙂
I vote for more Roman and Greek history.
Another wonderful video on fascinating women in history, thank you, Lindsay!👏
I just wanted to ask if you can do a video on the 3 wives of Shah Mohamed Reza of Iran. I found out about them & I was so interested in them & their personal struggles, especially Princess Fawzia of Egypt, she's sooo beautiful but suffered quite a lot.
I'd second this request, along with just a plea to do a series about more of the Mid-Eastern families. The Pahlavis in particular are fascinating.
Just wanted to say I love your videos Lindsay!! Keep it up!!!
another banger lins! you just kill it on these queens of the world videos every time!
Why was the image of her swimming her to shore after the assassination attempt so funny to me
Yes please more Roman and or ancient videos please 😍
I have to say that Agrippina was a very interesting and important figure. This documentary shows a depth about Agripina's life since childhood though I do wish she should have been married into a much decent man Than domitius or whatever his name is.
Tbh I don’t think it would’ve mattered if he was a good husband, she still would have killed him for a higher match because she was power crazy. Too bad it all backfired in the worst way.
@@destinyclark4133 I guess that's how karma works. What comes around goes around anyways she's a product of her times. Hard times create hard men which she literally takes too far 😉 anyways happy new year
@@joanandersen4351 Happy new year to you too 🍾🎉
Thank you for the video Lindsay, I hope you're having a good holiday season! Happy New Year
Can you please do more about the Roman Empire. I really love it.
According to a documentary about Nero, he only burned down houses to stop the fire. That's a strategy used by firefighters until today (though mainly in forrests, not in an inhabited area). The historians consider it unlikely that he ordered the fire, as he was the one who lost most from it. And after the fire, he let the homeless live in houses owned by him and lowered the food prices. He wasn't all that bad. A lot is just propaganda by his enemies. Though he probaby wasn't a pleasant person, he wasn't quite as bad. And he blamed the fire on the Christians after many people blamed him for it.
Blaming the innocent is awful in of itself, but it is common for humans to play the blame game by placing the guilt off of themselves.
How very treasurous!
Great video! Looking forward to seeing more on the Roman empresses.
Hard to believe that he had cystic fibrosis as until very recently nearly all died at a young age
Don’t make us wait!
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At this point I don’t believe anyone in Rome died of old age
That was great. Every single person you mentioned warrants their own biography.
Loved this video! So interesting!
Please, about the four Julias of the Severan dynasty; Especially about Julia Domna and Julia Maesa, make it at least 45 minutes
Very poor description of her family tree. Agrippina the younger's mother was Agripinna the Elder, the daughter of Julia. Julia was the daughter of Augustus and she had several children with Marcus Agrippa.
Agrippina the Elder married Germanicus who was the son of Drusus. Drusus was the son of Livia and brother of Claudius. Drusus married Antonia the younger. Antonia was the daughter of Mark Antony.
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Can you do Hypatia or Mary The Jewess, both are famous scientists from the Roman era
Great history video. Thanks for sharing.
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Oh my gosh… Roman politics was RUTHLESS
Biden would have been the Jester that he actually is, back in 59 A.D.🌿😆🌿
@@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus We are all very grateful to you for bringing current "politics" into this. Try to cheer up.
@@barbarak2836 In ancient times like now, it's all about Politics...get used to it or get out of the kitchen if it's too hot
It will be OK. Have faith and hope.
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You have to do a video on Livia!! Watching the show Domina has me wanting to know more about her. The 1st empress of Rome
Honestly I don't blame her she did what she had to do to gain power in a time and place where women were powerless. Sure she was ruthless and cruel but so we're all the the other men around her
Since I was so lost, I think we’re going to need some follow up videos 😅
Wow! Those individuals were insane. 😳
Gaius Caligula, her brother ?
Well, they did use lead pipes and lead causes brain damage...
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Great video, and wow I like your voice!
This incites me to watch I Claudius again.
Never thought I’d feel sorry for Caligula…
Can't wait
Hope history tea time with Lindsay holiday makes more new videos
"...Galba, who would later become Emperor"
Oh, So we're counting that.
I really love your videos on your RUclips channel. They’re very informative and detailed.
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Agrippina, the real life Alicent Hightower 😂
the blessed Lady, the sister of Rufus & Ufus
Apart from the whole "marrying her uncle" thing, I think Agrippina the Younger was pretty damn cool!
i'd love to see the story of agrippina, or just all the women, as a high quality tv show. great video.
There is a Sky TV series that started in 2021 called "Domina" which focuses on the rise of Livia Drusilla (wife of Augustus Caesar, briefly mentioned in this video), but it also has a lot of the other prominent women around her. I believe it's still going, because season 2 is coming out in 2023, so, if it goes long enough, I'm sure they can feature multiple domina...s? Dominae? 🤔😅
Damn, they threw back shots of poison like they were Espolon.
These emperors were absolutely horrific
Claim your early ticket here! (This airs in 2 days)
Do one on the german emipre
Also all three sisters were rumoured to have slept with the brother and after she married her Uncle, i kind of agree.
No that was propaganda against Caligula and his sisters, it’s not true and Agrippina never chose to marry Claudius, he chose her.
Awesome video ❤😮😊😊
Can you do a video of Nero. Also I love your channel.
There's too many on that spoiled brat and B-Movie Thespian, Nero 👎🌿😆🌿
More history just love it Tiaras To Roman next will be the Arabs
Hey Lindsay, what would happen if a monarch died with only daughters but his consort was pregnant and had a son after the daughter was coronated?
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I'd watch. It'd be pretty epic.
Well you should make a video about Roman Emperor series.
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This was a fantastic video! It’s almost comical how many people rode off of Germanicus’ legacy 😂
1:06 is Augustus not Julius Caesar.
Claudius is said to have fathered more than two children, it is mostly thought he had a son Claudius Drusus from his marriage to Plautia Urgulanilla who died in childhood, a daughter Claudia Antonia by Aelia Paetina and a daughter Claudia Octavia and a son Britannicus by Valeria Messalina, it was Octavia who was married at one point to Nero rather than Antonia. Antonia apparently appears briefly in Robert Graves book about Claudius but she was omitted from the 1976 TV adaption which is always annoying when they cut out real people from stories that are supposed to be based on true events!
Thinking a look back at 2022 will do as well for Q & A?
in the history of the Roman empire, none of them reached the age of 50 to 60 years old, most of them die early....but did any of them last to that age?