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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (63-12 BC), Roman statesman and naval and military commander. Agrippa was a friend, son-in-law, and deputy of the Emperor Augustus. The warship in the background refers to his naval victories at Mylae and Naulochus (36 BC) and over Antony and Cleopatra at Actium in 31 BC. He later served the empire as Governor of Syria.