Julia Agrippina or known better as Agrippina Minor or most famously Agrippina the younger was one of the most powerful and inferential women in the entire roman empire. Her power and her influence was one of her most remarketing features and it is also those features which become her demise and the main cause of her murder.
Agrippina the younger who has been portrayed as the most controversial woman in all of roman history has been seen is mainly different versions by historians. Historians such as tassides portray Agrippina in a negative light but this could be due to his anti-feminist beliefs but historians such as barrette draw a positive and influential light apron Agrippina and her murder.
Most historians have different accounts of the murder of Agrippina and the reasons behind it. There are several historian accounts of how Agrippina died, and the circumstances surrounding her death are uncertain due to historical contradictions and anti-Nero bias. According to Tacitus, Nero considered poisoning her, or stabbing her, but felt that these methods would be too difficult and suspicious, so he decided to build a boat that would sink. Agrippina, even though she knew of the plot, travelled on the boat and was nearly crushed by a lead ceiling, however, she just avoided it and her attendant was crushed instead. After the boat failed to sink from the collapsed ceiling, the crew sank the boat, however, Agrippina swam to shore. When news of Agrippina's survival reached Nero, he sent three assassins to stab her. The stabbing was successful.
This was one of the most common scenarios historians agree on with the death of Agrippina as most of them agree on how she died there is still many arguments of the reasons behind her shocking and unexpected murder.
Agrippina’s rise to power was a hard and unforgettable journey as she faced many challenges and enemies but overcame them all in order to achieve her dream to see