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Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 94)

Consul in 94 BCE; during civil war between Gaius Marius and Sulla, he took Sulla's side

🏛️ Career

  1. 97 BCE
    Praetor ·Sicily

    Broughton: Praetor in Sicily. He is cited as an example of undue severity because of his strictness in enforcing his decree that no one should possess weapons. (MRR2)

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Praetor in Sicily (Cic. Verr. 2.5.7). He is cited as an example of undue severity because of his strictness in enforcing his decree that no one should possess weapons (Cic. Verr. 2.5.7; Val. Max. 6.3.5; Quintil. Inst. Or. 4.2.17).
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Coelius Caldus (cos. 94) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 94 BCE (Consul)

    C. Sentius (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 97 BCE (Aedile) , 94 BCE (Praetor)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 97 BCE (Consul)

    L. Gellius Poplicola (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 94 BCE (Praetor)

    P. Licinius Crassus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 97 BCE (Consul)

  2. 94 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: C. Coelius Caldus (cos. 94)

    MT: Attested by inscriptions (Latin, Greek, Delos), confirmed in the fasti (Antiates, Capitolini), noted in literary authors (Cicero, Asconius, Obsequens, etc.), and supported for Coelius specifically by numismatic studies (Grueber, Cesano) (MRR2)

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • CIL 12.2.682, and 2663a; SIG³ 732; 1. de Delos 4.1.1763; Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 11; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f., and Fast. Cap., ibid. 54f., 129, 478f.; Ascon. In Corn. 57C; Obseq. 51; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; and on Coelius, Grueber, CRRBM 1.474f.; Cesano, Stud. Num. 1.224.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    C. Coelius Caldus (cos. 94) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 94 BCE (Consul)

    C. Sentius (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 97 BCE (Aedile) , 94 BCE (Praetor)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 97 BCE (Consul)

    L. Gellius Poplicola (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 94 BCE (Praetor)

    P. Licinius Crassus (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 97 BCE (Consul)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 96)