Drusilla was a Jewish princess. She was born in 38. A daughter of Herod Agrippa I, king of the Jews, she married Azizus, king of Emesa, whom she divorced in order to marry Felix, procurator of Judea. She is thus the Drusilla who is mentioned in the Acts, and was probably present when Paul preached before Felix. Research Drusilla
Herod Agrippa I was a Jewish politician. He was the son of Aristobulus by Berenice, daughter of Herod the Great. From his attachment to Caligula he was imprisoned by Tiberius, but on the accession of Caligula in 37 he received the government of part of Palestine, and latterly all the dominions of Herod the Great. To please the Jews, with whom his rule was very popular, he caused St James to be put to death, and imprisoned St Peter. Research Herod Agrippa I
Herod Agrippa II was a Jewish politician. He was the son of Herod Agrippa I and the last of the Herodian line. Being too young to govern, Judea was, on his father's death, reduced to a Roman province. He subsequently received the kingdom of Chalcis, and obtained the superintendency of the temple at Jerusalem, where, with his sister, Berenice, he heard the defence of Paul before Festus. Being driven from Jerusalem by the revolt of the Jews he joined Cestius, and later on Vespasian, and during the siege of Jerusalem was very serviceable to Titus. After its reduction in 70 he and Berenice (with whom he was suspected to have an incestuous intercourse) returned to Rome. He is supposed to have died there in 94. Research Herod Agrippa II
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was a Roman statesman and general. He was born in 63 BC and died in 12 BC. The son-in-law of Augustus he was praetor in 41 BC; consul in 37, 28, and 27; aedile in 33; and tribune from 18 until his death. He commanded the fleet of Augustus in the battle of Actcium. To him Rome is indebted for three of her principal aqueducts, the Pantheon, and several other works of public use and ornament. Research Marcus Agrippa
The Battle of Actium was a decisive naval engagement fought off the promontory of Actium on September the 2nd, 31 BC, between the Roman fleet of Octavian, under the command of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and a combined Roman-Egyptian fleet commanded by Mark Antony and Cleopatra. The battle represented the culmination of the old rivalry between Mark Antony and Octavian for control of the Roman world and had been preceded by a long period of skirmishing, which included large armies encamped on opposite shores of the Ambracian Gulf. Against the advice of his generals and allegedly at the behest of Cleopatra, who wanted an opportunity to withdraw to Egypt, Mark Antony launched the initial phase of the engagement. His fleet of approximately 220 heavy craft equipped with missile-throwing devices attacked at close range. Octavian's fleet of some 260 light vessels had greater manoeuvrability. The outcome of the battle remained in doubt until Cleopatra, apparently alarmed by an enemy manoeuvre, ordered the Egyptian contingent, about 60 vessels, to withdraw. Mark Antony himself followed her, but most of his remaining vessels were soon overtaken and annihilated. The deserted army later surrendered to Octavian. Research Battle of Actium
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