Agrippa: Rome's Forgotten Hero

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🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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There are few men in Roman history that can claim to have been as influential as Marcus Agrippa. The right-hand man of Octavian / Augustus, his career is dotted with powerful positions. And yet, what was arguably so remarkable about his life was his stalwart loyalty to his friend Octavian. Together they irreversibly transformed the Roman Empire. Joining me to talk about Agrippa's remarkable career is his 21st century biographer Lindsay Powell. In this first of two episodes, Lindsay talks me through Agrippa's career up to the climactic Battle of Actium and the key role he played in bringing about the end of the last civil war of the Roman Republic.

Lindsay is the author of Agrippa: Right Hand Man of Augustus. Part 2 of this podcast, on Agrippa's life from Actium down to his death, will be released in the near future.

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0:00.0	You've likely heard of Augustus, and with good reason he was one of the most significant
0:07.6	figures in ancient Roman history.
0:11.0	But it's also key to remember that many of Augustus' key achievements would never have
0:15.1	come to fruition if it wasn't for his loyal, dependable number two, a gripper.
0:21.4	To talk about a gripper, I am chatting with his 21st century biographer, Lindsay Powell.
0:27.5	He chatted for well over an hour about this fascinating figure, and I hope you enjoy.
0:34.5	Lindsay Powell.
0:39.9	It is great to have you on the show.
0:41.9	Thank you, thank you Tristan.
0:43.3	Now we're talking about one of the most remarkable and most important figures in the whole of Roman
0:49.3	history.
0:50.3	I quite agree.
0:51.3	A man that's probably little known outside of history nerds, the occasional tourist
0:56.7	to Rome, but you're quite right.
0:58.0	I think it's a story of a very great man.
1:00.8	And that man is Marcus a gripper.
1:03.8	With regards to Marcus a gripper, what do we know originally about his background?
1:08.5	What do we know about his origins?
1:10.6	The short after is absolutely nothing.
1:12.8	It's one of those remarkable stories where all we have effectively is a strange story
1:18.5	about a birth, which is pinnacle the elder saying that he had a misfortune of apparently
1:23.0	being born legs first, and this was called an agrippin birth effectively.
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