ABSTRACT

Agrippa did not accompany the victor, Titus, to Rome or participate in the official triumph there, but arrived in the capital five years later in the company of his sister Berenice. Agrippa was granted honours for his services to Rome and perhaps the gift of more territory. However, the spotlight in the sources shifts to Berenice, her affair with Titus and its denouement. Josephus was fleetingly in contact with Agrippa in Rome in connection with his writing and publication of the Bellum. Agrippa then slips into obscurity in the texts, but his continuing existence is attested by his prolific coinage and several inscriptions after the War. Although the date of his death is not explicitly mentioned anywhere, from numismatic evidence it can be deduced with some confidence that Agrippa died in 94/95 CE and his kingdom dismantled, although the place and circumstances of his death remain unknown.