Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC)
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Domitia Lepida Minor Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus | |
| Parent(s) | Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus Aemilia Lepida |
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (49 BC – AD 25) was the son of
Antonia Major (niece of emperor Augustus) and through his son with her he became the grandfather of emperor Nero
.
Life
As a young man Lucius was a renowned and devoted
commanded the Roman army and crossed the Elbe, during which he set up an altar to Augustus, and penetrated further into the country than any of his predecessors had done.[3] He also built a walkway, called the pontes longi, over the marshes between the Rhine River and the Ems River. In AD 15 the Battle at Pontes Longi was fought along this walkway. For these achievements he received the insignia of a triumph. He died in AD 25.[3]
Legacy
equites and married women on the stage to perform in pantomimes, which rankled because in Rome acting was considered to be low-class. He exhibited shows of wild beasts in every quarter of the city, and his gladiatorial combats were conducted with such excessive bloodshed that Augustus was obliged to put some restraint upon them.[5][6]
Family
He had at least three children with Antonia Major:
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (the biological father of Emperor Nero).[7] The couple may also have had another son named Lucius, and a third daughter.[8]
See also
References
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- ^ Smith, William (1867), "Ahenobarbus (9), Lucius Domitius", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 86, archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ a b Syme, Ronald (1996), "Domitus Ahenobarbus, Lucius (2)", in Hornblower, Simon (ed.), Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press
- ^ Annales 4.44
- ^ Suetonius, Nero 4.
- ^ Cassius Dio, liv. 59.
- Marcus Velleius Paterculus, ii. 72.
- ^ Gaius Stern, Women, Children, and Senators on the Ara Pacis Augustae Chapter 6 (Berk. Diss. 2006).
- ISBN 9780198147312.
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