Agrippa and the Second Constitutional Settlement

The final peace of the so called second constitutional settlement was the elevation agrippa to political heights almost as high as augustus himself. Agrippa had now become something co emperor. There is some disagreement over what happened next. What we know is that agrippa left rome and set up a base of operations on the island of samos. In the end, whether or not agrippa was getting in the way of marcellus or not proved to be a moot point. Augustus turned to messenus for advice. Mescinus thought about the matter for a bit then told augustus, well, you have made agrippa so powerful that he now must