Agrippina the Younger (15–59 AD) – one of the most powerful and controversial women of Ancient Rome. Niece and wife of Emperor Claudius, and mother of Nero, she skillfully navigated court intrigue to secure her son’s rise to the throne. Agrippina became the first Roman woman to receive the title Augusta during her husband’s lifetime and played an active role in imperial politics. She was ultimately executed on the orders of her own son. A woman who made an emperor — and was destroyed by him. #Ag