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Definition of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

1. Noun. Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC).

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Literary usage of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Divine Comedy of Patriotism by Mortimer Thomson (1900)
"Could Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa descend to be envious? Could Octavianus Augustus deign to be whimsical? Although old, I was not in politics at that period, ..."

2. The Methods of Historical Study: Eight Lectures Read in the University of by Edward Augustus Freeman (1886)
"Why not in full Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ? Because, so we are told, Marcus, thrice consul, did not care to blaze abroad more than he could help the name of ..."

3. The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes by Cornelius Tacitus, Arthur Murphy (1836)
"Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ; a man of low extraction, in his manners unpolished, even to a degree of rusticity. For those defects ho made ample atonement by ..."

4. Coryat's Crudities: Hastily Gobled Up in Five Moneths Travells in France by Thomas Coryate, George Coryate (1905)
"... Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa by his wife Julia ; which certainly in my opinion is the more probable of the two, because it is confirmed by the testimony of ..."

5. Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1835)
"... which Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa built in 729, and adorned with paintings, representing the history of the Argonauts: it was situated in the Campus ..."

6. Records of the Past by Records of the Past Exploration Society (1904)
"EDITORIAL NOTES DISCOVERY AT SUSE:— What is supposed to be the head of a statue of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, who was the great-grandfather of Nero, ..."

7. Encyclopaedia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature by Francis Lieber, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford (1832)
"... which Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa built in 729, and adorned with paintings, representing the history of the Argonauts : it was situated in the Campus ..."

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