Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (11 December, 17 BC - January 40) was a close relative to the Roman Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Domitius was the only son to Antonia Major (niece of Roman Emperor Augustus and daughter to Augustus' sister Octavia Minor to triumvir Mark Antony) and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC). His only siblings were Domitia and Domitia Lepida, mother of the Empress Valeria Messalina. He was a brother-in-law an...
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Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (11 December, 17 BC - January 40) was a close relative to the Roman Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Domitius was the only son to Antonia Major (niece of Roman Emperor Augustus and daughter to Augustus' sister Octavia Minor to triumvir Mark Antony) and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC). His only siblings were Domitia and Domitia Lepida, mother of the Empress Valeria Messalina. He was a brother-in-law and second cousin to Roman Emperor Caligula; first cousin to Roman Emperor Claudius and the biological father to Roman Emperor Nero.
Domitius was thus related to several notable figures who would dominate the Roman Empire during the 1st century. Suetonius describes him as ‘despicable and dishonest’. As a young man, Domitius was serving on the staff of his second cousin Gaius Caesar in the East. Gaius was a son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder, daughter to the previously mentioned Augustus. Domitius fortified their friendship by...
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