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Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 96)

Ancestor of emperor Nero.

🏛️ Career

  1. 99 BCE
    (aged 40)
    Praetor

    Broughton: The latest possible year for his praetorship under the Leges Annales

    Sources (1)
    • MRR2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cassius Longinus (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 99 BCE (Praetor) , 96 BCE (Consul)

    C. Coelius Caldus (cos. 94) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 99 BCE (Praetor)

    A. Postumius Albinus (cos. 99) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 99 BCE (Consul)

    C. Valerius Flaccus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 96 BCE (Praetor)

    L. (Sempronius) Asellio (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 96 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 96 BCE
    (aged 43)
    Consul · Co-consul: C. Cassius Longinus

    MT: Attested in inscriptions (CIL 12.2.889, AE), in the official fasti (Capitolini, Hydatiani), and in later chronicles (Chronograph of 354, Paschal Chronicle, Cassiodorus). Literary confirmation from Asconius, Obsequens, and Cicero.

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.889; Ann. Epig. 1945, no. 96- 1946, no. 161, if genuine; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f., 128, 478 f.; Ascon. In Scaur. 21 C; Obseq.49; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Domitius, Cic. Deiot. 31.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Cassius Longinus (2 years; raw 7.00, base 1.400, final 1.400): 99 BCE (Praetor) , 96 BCE (Consul)

    C. Coelius Caldus (cos. 94) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 99 BCE (Praetor)

    A. Postumius Albinus (cos. 99) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 99 BCE (Consul)

    C. Valerius Flaccus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 96 BCE (Praetor)

    L. (Sempronius) Asellio (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 96 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 94)
  2. Children
    Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 54)