Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius
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views updated Jun 11 2018Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius (b.63 bc) Roman general, adviser to Octavian (later
Augustus). He helped Octavian to power by winning naval battles against Sextus Pompeius (36 bc) and Mark
Antony at the Battle of
Actium (31 bc).
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