Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 94 BC)
- For others of this family, see Ahenobarbus.
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was a politician in ancient Rome during the late 2nd and early 1st century BC.[1] He served as praetor in Sicily, probably in 96 BC, shortly after the Second Servile War, when slaves had been forbidden to carry arms. He ordered a slave to be crucified for killing a wild boar with a hunting spear.[2][3] He was consul in 94 BC. In the civil war between Gaius Marius and Sulla, he took the side of the latter, and was murdered at Rome, on the orders of the younger Marius, by the praetor Damasippus.[4][5][6]
He was the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, and brother of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.
References
- ↑ Smith, William (1867), "Ahenobarbus (5), Lucius Domitius", in Smith, William, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 85
- ↑ Cicero, Verr. 2.5.7.
- ↑ Valerius Maximus, vi. 3. § 5
- ↑ Appian B. C. i. 88
- ↑ Marcus Velleius Paterculus, ii. 26
- ↑ Orosius, v. 20
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Lucius Licinius Crassus and Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex |
Consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Coelius Caldus 94 BC |
Succeeded by Gaius Valerius Flaccus and Marcus Herennius |
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