Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
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Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was the name of several Roman politicians:
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 192 BC); elected to office despite the efforts of Scipio Africanus to bring in his candidates.
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 122 BC); possibly grandson of the consul of 192 BC.
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 96 BC) (d. 88 BC), son of the previous; became tribune 104 BC, Pontifex Maximus in 103 BC; he was then elected consul 96 BC, and censor 92 BC (with Lucius Licinius Crassus), both resigning their offices.
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC) grandson of the previous; was a supporter first of Julius Caesar, then of Caesar's assassins (of whom Brutus was his cousin), then of Mark Antony and finally of Octavian. Interestingly, his maternal uncle was Cato the Younger.
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) (d. 40 AD) grandson of the previous; he was a consul under Tiberius; closely related to the Imperial Family, he was the first husband of Agrippina the Younger and fathered the Roman Emperor Nero.