The relationship between Agrippina and Nero and its development was one marked by events, events that altered their relationship in one form or another and through their reactions to them, the state and level of development in their relationship could be determined. The relationship between mother and son was to grow and strengthen, climaxing at the beginning of Nero's reign as emperor, then, entering its final phase in which through the immaturity of Nero and nature of Agrippina began to decline until her death in 59AD. In his final actions, a tribute to the original strength and level of development of the relationship, Nero could not bring himself to openly challenge or face the woman he came to love and honour above all others, even in her death.

From Nero's birth in 37AD until Agrippina's marriage to Claudius in 49AD, the relationship between Agrippina and Nero was typified...