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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (between 64 and 62 BC – DATE) was a Roman politician, soldier, and dynast; he was the childhood friend of, son-in-law of, and co-ruler of the Roman Empire with Augustus.

Early life
Allegedly from humble origins, Agrippa was born some time between 64 and 62 BC; he was a childhood friend of the Gaius Octavius who would later on become Augustus. While his family name was obscure, it is more likely that his family was at least well-off.

Civil wars
With then-Octavius, he travelled from Apollonia back to Italy after the assassination of Julius Caesar. When Octavian accepted Caesar's adoption pursuant to the deceased dictator's will, Agrippa helped raise a private army in Campania to pursue Octavian's interests.

After the short war against Antony in 43 BC, Octavian turned against the Senate and secured his irregular election as consul with a relative, Quintus Pedius. Pedius carried legislation establishing a court to try the Caesarian tyrannicides. As one of the plebeian tribunes of that year, Agrippa led the prosecution against Gaius Cassius Longinus and secured a conviction in absentia. During the following proscription of the Second Triumvirate, Agrippa interceded with Octavian to remove some names from the proscription lists. He became praetor urbanus in 40 BC during which he led troops to oppose Antony's landing in Brundisium. After Octavian and Antony reached an agreement, Agrippa resigned as part thereof to make way for suffect praetors.

Sextus Pompey
Assuming an ordinary consulship in 37 BC with Lucius Caninius Gallus, he spent his term preparing a fleet against Sextus Pompey and, for that purpose, built a port – the Portus Julius – at Baiae in Campania.

Marriages and issue
Agrippa married three times:
 * Caecilia Attica in 37 BC
 * Marcella in 28 BC
 * Julia, the daughter of Augustus, in 21 BC

With Caecilia Attica he had a daughter, Vipsania Agrippina, who later became the first wife of the emperor Tiberius. He and Marcella also had a daughter who married Publius Quinctilius Varus. The last marriage, to Julia, produced three sons and two daughters. The sons were – after Augustus adopted the sons – Gaius Julius Caesar, Lucius Julius Caesar, and Agrippa Julius Caesar. The daughters were Julia and Agrippina. From the daughters, Agrippa became the grandfather and great-grandfather of the emperors Caligula and Nero.

Offices
Unless otherwise indicated, the following table is sourced from for years up to 31 BC and for years after 31 BC (AUC 723),.

Ancient sources

 * Published in nine volumes.
 * Published in nine volumes.