Agrippa

<p><b >Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa</b>&nbsp;(<i ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circa" title="Circa" >c.</a></i>&nbsp;23 October or November 64/63 BC – 12 BC) was a Roman statesman and general.<sup id="cite_ref-DGRBM_2-0" class="reference" ><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Vipsanius_Agrippa#cite_note-DGRBM-2" >[2]</a></sup>&nbsp;He was a close friend, son-in-law, and lieutenant to&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavian" title="Octavian" class="mw-redirect" >Augustus</a>&nbsp;and was responsible for his most important military victories, most notably at the&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Actium" title="Battle of Actium" >Battle of Actium</a>&nbsp;against the forces of&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Antony" title="Mark Antony" >Mark Antony</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra" title="Cleopatra" >Cleopatra</a>. As a result of these victories Octavian became the first Roman Emperor, adopting the name of Augustus. Agrippa was also father-in-law of the second Emperor&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius" >Tiberius</a>, maternal grandfather to&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caligula" title="Caligula" >Caligula</a>, and maternal great-grandfather of the Emperor&nbsp;<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero" title="Nero" >Nero</a>.</p>