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Roadies For Nero: An Epilogue

Conflicted: A History Podcast

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Agrippina and Nero

Agrippina's sway over the court was so absolute that she even got her own personal contingent of the pretorian guard who protected her day and night. She needed to keep him like a bird in a gilded cage. As long as she could control her sweet baby boy, agrippina was the most powerful woman in the roman empire. Agrippina should been very worried when nero stripped her pretorian escort from her. Without them, her physical safety was in jeopardy all the time. An emperor with an unstable love life meant an unstable, politically dangerous emperor.

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