Pallas again selected Agrippina for special commendation because
she would bring with her Germanicus's grandson, who was thoroughly worthy
of imperial rank, the scion of a noble house and a link to unite the descendants
of the Claudian family. He hoped that a woman who was the mother of many
children and still in the freshness of youth, would not carry off the grandeur
of the Caesars to some other house.
This advice prevailed, backed up as it was by Agrippina's charms.
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