Editing Agrippina the Elder (section)

==Early life and family==
{{see also|Julio-Claudian family tree}}
Agrippina was born in 14 BC to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, before their return to Rome in 13 BC. She had several siblings, including half-sisters [[Vipsania Agrippina]], [[Vipsania (wife of Haterius)|Vipsania Attica]], [[Vipsania (wife of Varus)|Vipsania Marcella]] and [[Vipsania (wife of Lepidus)|Vipsania Marcellina]] (from her father's marriages to [[Pomponia Caecilia Attica]] and [[Claudia Marcella Major]]); and four full siblings, with three brothers; Gaius, Lucius, and [[Postumus Agrippa]] (all were adopted by Augustus; Gaius and Lucius were adopted together following Lucius' birth in 17 BC; Postumus in AD 4),<ref>{{harvnb|Pettinger|2012|p=47}}</ref> and a sister [[Julia the Younger]].<ref name=Powellxxxiv>{{harvnb|Powell|2015|p=xxxiv}}</ref>

She was a prominent member of the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]]. On her mother's side, she was the younger granddaughter of Augustus. She was the Stepdaughter of [[Tiberius]] by her mother's marriage to him, and sister in law of [[Claudius]], the brother of her husband [[Germanicus]]. Her son [[Caligula|Gaius]], better known as "Caligula", would be the third emperor, and her grandson [[Nero]] would be the last emperor of the dynasty.<ref>{{harvnb|Wood|1999|p=321}}</ref>

In 13 BC, her father returned to Rome and was promptly sent to [[Pannonia]] to suppress a rebellion. Agrippa arrived there that winter (in 12 BC), but the Pannonians gave up that same year. Agrippa returned to [[Campania]] in Italy, where he fell ill and died soon after. After her father's death, she spent the rest of her childhood in Augustus' household where access to her was strictly controlled.<ref name=Powell194>{{harvnb|Powell|2015|p=194}}</ref><ref name=Wood65>{{harvnb|Wood|1999|p=65}}</ref>

Some of the currency issued in 13–12 BC, the ''[[aurei]]'' and ''[[denarius|denarii]]'', make it clear that her brothers Gaius and Lucius were Augustus' intended heirs. Their father was no longer available to assume the reins of power if the Emperor were to die, and Augustus had to make it clear who his intended heirs were in case anything should happen. Lucius' and Gaius' military and political careers would steadily advance until their deaths in AD 2 and 4, respectively.<ref name=Wood65/><ref name=Pettinger235>{{harvnb|Pettinger|2012|p=235}}</ref>

The death of her brothers meant that Augustus had to find other heirs. Although he initially considered Agrippina's second cousin Germanicus a potential heir for a time, Livia convinced Augustus to adopt Tiberius, Livia's son from her first marriage with [[Tiberius Claudius Nero (father of Tiberius Caesar)|Tiberius Claudius Nero]]. Although Augustus adopted Tiberius, it was on condition that Tiberius first adopt Germanicus so that Germanicus would become second in the line of succession. It was a corollary to the adoption, probably in the next year, that Agrippina was married to Germanicus.<ref name=Pettinger235/><ref name=Salisbury3>{{harvnb|Salisbury|2001|p=3}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Levick|1999|p=33}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Swan|2004|p=142}}</ref>

By her husband Germanicus, she had nine children: [[Nero Julius Caesar]], [[Drusus Caesar|Drusus Julius Caesar]], Tiberius Julius Caesar, a child of unknown name (normally referenced as ''Ignotus''), Gaius the Elder, the Emperor [[Caligula]] (Gaius the Younger), the Empress [[Agrippina the Younger]], [[Julia Drusilla]], and [[Julia Livilla]]. Only six of her children came of age; Tiberius and Ignotus died as infants, and Gaius the Elder in his early childhood.<ref name=Powellxxxiv/><ref name=Salisbury3/>