Editing Agrippina the Younger (section)

===Return from exile===
[[File:Messalinaandbritannicus.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|[[Messalina]] holding her son [[Britannicus]] ([[Musée du Louvre|Louvre]])]]
Claudius lifted the exiles of Agrippina and Livilla. Livilla returned to her husband, while Agrippina was reunited with her estranged son. After the death of her first husband, Agrippina tried to make shameless advances on the future emperor [[Galba]]. He showed no interest, being devoted to his wife [[Aemilia Lepida]]. On one occasion, Galba's mother-in-law gave Agrippina a public reprimand and a slap in the face before a whole bevy of married women.<ref>[https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Suetonius/12Caesars/Galba*.html C. Suetonius Tranquillus] Suetonius. Twelve Caesars: Galba.</ref>

Claudius had Lucius' inheritance reinstated. Lucius became more wealthy despite his youth shortly after [[Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus]] divorced Lucius' aunt, Domitia Lepida the Elder (Lucius' first paternal aunt) so that Crispus could marry Agrippina. They married, and Crispus  became a step-father to Lucius. Crispus was an influential, wealthy and powerful man who served twice as consul. He was the adopted grandson and biological great-great-nephew of the historian [[Sallust]]. Little is known about their relationship, but Crispus soon died and left his estate to Nero.

During the first years his reign, Claudius was married to the Empress Valeria Messalina. Messalina was Agrippina's paternal second cousin. Among the victims of Messalina's intrigues were Agrippina's surviving sister Livilla, who was charged with adultery with [[Seneca the Younger]]. Although Agrippina was very influential at this time, she kept a low profile and stayed away from the imperial palace and the court of the emperor.

Messalina considered Agrippina's son a threat to her son's position and sent assassins to strangle Lucius during his siesta. The assassins left after they saw a snake beneath Lucius' pillow, considering it a bad omen.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chrystal|first=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VAQkDwAAQBAJ&q=Messalina+lucius+snake&pg=PP102|title=Roman Women: The Women who influenced the History of Rome|date=2017|publisher=Fonthill Media|language=en}}</ref> It was, however, only a sloughed-off snake-skin. By Agrippina's order, the serpent's skin was enclosed in a bracelet that the young Lucius wore on his right arm.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Tacitus|first=Cornelius|title=The Works of Tacitus: The annals, Volume I|publisher=Harper & Brothers|year=1865|location=New York|page=254}}</ref>

In AD 47, Crispus died. At his funeral, a rumour spread that Agrippina had poisoned Crispus to gain his estate. After being widowed a second time, Agrippina was left very wealthy. Later that year, Messalina and Britannicus attended the performance of the Troy Pageant at the [[Secular Games]], where Agrippina was also present with Lucius. Agrippina and Lucius received greater applause from the audience than Messalina and [[Britannicus]] did. Many people began to show pity and sympathy to Agrippina, due to the unfortunate circumstances of her life.<ref>Tacitus ''Annals'' 11.11–12</ref>