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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa was born in Arpino in 63 BC from a modest equestrian family. He was friends with Octavianus, with whom he participated as official cavalry to the battle of Munda in 45 BC. After their return to Rome, Caesar adopted Octavianus as his legal heir. During his life, he was a Politician, a soldier and architect. He obtained a lot of victories, among which there is the victory of the naval battle of Anzio, against the forces of Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra. In 33 BC he was elected aedile, thanks to which he put in use his architectural knowledge. He started the construction of the aqueduct of Serino, one of the biggest architectural works of the entire Roman Empire, and of the Pantheon, which was subsequently built again under Hadrianus. In 23 BC Agrippa was elected governor of Syria and in that same year, he also became Augustus’ son in law by marrying his daughter Julia. He was consul for three times and died at the age of 51 years in March 12 BC.