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Vipsania AgrippinaVipsania Agrippina (36 BC-20 AD) was the daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa from his first wife Pomponia Caecilia Attica, granddaughter of Cicero's friend and knight Titus Pomponius Atticus. Her maternal grandmother was a descendant of Marcus Licinius Crassus. In marriage she was a great-niece to Quintus Tullius Cicero. Octavianus and her father betrothed her to Tiberius before her first birthday. In 20 BC, she married Tiberius. Their son Drusus Julius Caesar was born in 13 BC. Agrippa died in March, 11 BC. He was married to Julia Caesaris, daughter of Augustus. Augustus forced Tiberius to divorce Vipsania and marry Julia. Tiberius reportedly loved Vipsania and disapproved of Julia. Vipsania was at the time pregnant and from the shock, lost the baby. Tiberius regretted the divorce. On one occasion, Tiberius caught sight of Vipsania and followed her home in tears. Precautions were taken to avoid further embarrassing meetings with her. Later she married Gaius Asinius Gallus, a senator and son of the famous orator Gaius Asinius Pollio. They had five sons. Tiberius hated Gallus. Gallus claimed that Drusus was his own son. He died in 33 AD, of starvation in prison. Vipsania and Gallus' sons were: - Gaius Asinius Pollio, consul in 23 AD. In 45 AD, he was exiled as accuser of conspiracy. Asinia, daughter of Pollio, was 15 in 20 AD and Tiberius was attracted to her because she looked like her grandmother.
- Marcus Asinius Agrippa, consul in 25 AD and deceased in 27 AD. His son Marcus Asinius Marcellus was consul in 54 AD and later a respected senator during the reign of Nero.
- Asinius Salonius, died in 22 AD. He was an intended husband for one of the daughters of Germanicus and Agrippina the elder. Their three daughters were Julia Livilla, Drusilla and Agrippina the younger.
- Asinius Celer and Asinius Lupus, mentioned in Seneca the Younger's The Pumpkinification of the Divine Claudius and little is known about them.
A descendant of Vipsania and Gallus, Pomponia Gracina became a distinguished lady. Gracina might have been a Christian and lived an unhappy long life. Gracina married Aulus Plautius. Plautius was a general in the conquest of Britain, which he received as a military ovation. Nero murdered their son. Reporetedly because Agrippina the younger, mother of Nero, was in love with him and encouraged him to bid for the throne. Vipsania of Agrippa's children died peacefully. She was one of the most prominent women of her time. Between 21-23 AD, Drusus Julius Caesar honoured her memory with statues, coins and inscriptions.
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