Marcus Agrippa was a remarkable man in his own day and, 2,000 years later, his achievement is undiminished.
As the foremost deputy of Emperor Augustus, for three decades he waged wars, befriended kings and potentates, pacified provinces, and beautified Rome.
Most people who recognise his name today likely know it through novels, films, and television. Yet these are all fictionalised or dramatised treatments intended to entertain – where liberties may be, and usually are, taken with the facts.
This book’s purpose is to bring Agrippa’s exciting, real-life story to a wider, non-academic audience, weaving excerpts from observations and insights of the Romans in their own words into the text.
Marcus Agrippa: The True Story by Lindsay Powell is published on 16 July, 2026.
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