taly. Among senators were great holders of property like Pompeius and Ahenobarbus with whole armies of tenants or slaves, and finan

mitius Ahenobarbus (P-W V, 1327 f.), the brother of the consul of 54. Ahenobarbus had married a daughter of Cinna (Orosius 5, 24, 1

ut habeas vel ut teneas, studiosos quos habes. ’ Cf. Ad Att. 1, 1, 4 ( Ahenobarbus ). PageBook=>025 to few at Rome to achieve

and merciless, had killed the husband of Servilia and the brother of Ahenobarbus . 1 ‘Adulescentulus carnifex. ’2 NotesPage=>0

tina to Pompeius, was killed by him (Plutarch, Pompeius 16, &c.). Ahenobarbus fell in Africa in 82 B.C.: though some versions e

nemies of the dynasts paid for their confidence or their illusions. Ahenobarbus was robbed of his consulate, and Cicero was compe

plating the decline of Republican government and hastening its end. Ahenobarbus had become consul at last, with Ap. Claudius Pulc

adornment to the party of Cato. Already another leader, the consular Ahenobarbus , had suffered defeat in contest for an augurship

tius Ahenobarbus and M. Calpurnius Bibulus. To loyal support of Cato, Ahenobarbus and Brutus joined a sacred vendetta against Pompe

father slain by the young Pompeius in a foul and treacherous fashion. Ahenobarbus was a great political dynast in his own right, bo

, but two consulars followed, the stubborn and irascible Bibulus, and Ahenobarbus , energetic but very stupid. The tail of the proce

Romans, were Caesar’s rivals and enemies, many illustrious consulars. Ahenobarbus fought and fell at Pharsalus, and Q. Metellus Sci

Crus, the Marcelli, brave only in word and gesture, Ap; Claudius and Ahenobarbus , diverse in character but equally a joy and comfo

ar’s office of pontifex maximus between Scipio, Lentulus Spinther and Ahenobarbus ). PageBook=>062 were debarred from public

ment, cf. Münzer, P-W II A, 870 3 Frontinus, De aq. 76 4 And with Ahenobarbus (Ad fam’. 8, 14, 1). His feud with Ap. Pulcher an

t Antonius, Caesar’s man; and it was more than the obstinate folly of Ahenobarbus that brought on the capitulation of the neighbour

ds of the nobilitas, the fierce but inconstant Marcelli, the stubborn Ahenobarbus , the proud and tortuous Ap, Claudius, was yet mer

’s son, quaestor under Trebonius (below, n. 9). 3 Ad Att. 16, 4, 4 ( Ahenobarbus ); Velleius 2, 71, 2 (Lucullus). 4 Ad M. Brutum

made their escape and joined the admirals of the Republic, Murcus and Ahenobarbus on the Ionian Sea and Sex. Pompeius in Sicily. 8

. 2 But that was not all. The Republican fleets dominated the seas, Ahenobarbus in the Adriatic, Murcus now with Sex. Pompeius. P

n all is a blank, save that he negotiated with the Republican admiral Ahenobarbus , whose fleet controlled the Adriatic, and won his

onius’ man Calenus still held all Gaul beyond the Alps. On the coasts Ahenobarbus threatened Italy from the east, Pompeius from the

us had come up from the East and was laying siege to Brundisium, with Ahenobarbus and Pompeius as open and active allies. The affai

sail in advance with a few ships from a port in Epirus, the fleet of Ahenobarbus , superior in strength, was descried bearing down

scried bearing down upon them. Antonius drove on: Plancus was afraid. Ahenobarbus struck his flag and joined Antonius. 1 He had alr

ly with what remained of the Republican armed forces. His admiral was Ahenobarbus , Cato’s nephew, under sentence of death for alleg

tive negotiations followed. As a sign of goodwill, Antonius sent away Ahenobarbus , a compromising adherent, to be governor of Bithy

at party, the consulars Pollio, Plancus and Ventidius. Not to mention Ahenobarbus , himself the leader of a party. The majority of t

the Pompeii, into whose fatal alliance they had been driven or duped. Ahenobarbus kept away from Sex. Pompeius, who gave guarantee

ertain eminent Republicans now in the alliance of Antonius, above all Ahenobarbus ; 2 and his own son was betrothed to a daughter of

olitics; Sosius (who triumphed in 34) constructed a temple to Apollo; Ahenobarbus the admiral built or repaired a shrine of Neptune

peace with the new order, some in resignation, others from ambition. Ahenobarbus with Antonius, Messalla and other nobles in the a

as essential. Of his Roman partisans Antonius took with him Titius, Ahenobarbus and others. 1 Plancus, the uncle of Titius, may h

another kind. 2 Sosius was left in charge of Syria, Furnius of Asia. Ahenobarbus had been governor of Bithynia since the Pact of B

otesPage=>264 1 Plutarch, Antonius 42 (Titius, as quaestor); 40 ( Ahenobarbus ); 42 (Flavius Gallus, otherwise unknown); 38, cf.

35); Macedonia, L. Marcius Censorinus (40) and Pollio (39); Bithynia, Ahenobarbus (the only known governor in this period). Cyrene,

. Servilius had deserted long ago, Cato and the consulars Bibulus and Ahenobarbus were dead; so were Brutus and Cassius, Q. Hortens

ike Murcus, the alliance with Pompeius (whose whole family he hated), Ahenobarbus with his fleet as an autonomous admiral dominated

. Both parties had the habit of keeping faith. In birth and in repute Ahenobarbus stood next to Antonius in the new Caesarian and R

nfirmation of his ordering of the provinces and kingdoms of the East. Ahenobarbus held back, perhaps in hope of peace. 2 Sosius too

demeanour in leaving Italy without sanction. 2 In place of Sosius and Ahenobarbus he appointed two nobles, M. Valerius, a kinsman o

against the domination of Octavianus, or for Egypt and Egypt’s Queen? Ahenobarbus urged that Cleopatra be sent back to Egypt. Canid

e, but bitter enmity, causing a feud with subsequent repercussions. 1 Ahenobarbus was steadfast all through against the blandishmen

ntly at court masques in Alexandria. 3 Antonius stood by Cleopatra. Ahenobarbus hated the Queen and was averse from war. Yet it w

. Ahenobarbus hated the Queen and was averse from war. Yet it was not Ahenobarbus who ran away, but Plancus. Accompanied by his nep

Syria, died in this year, but the rest of the Catonian faction under Ahenobarbus still stood firm. Had Ahenobarbus required a pret

commodity. No ruler could have faith in men like Plancus and Titius. Ahenobarbus the Republican leader was dead; but Messalla and

at the earliest age permissible, if not with dispensations the young Ahenobarbus , Ti. Claudius Nero and his brother Nero Claudius

required all Caesar’s influence behind him: he was contending against Ahenobarbus . 2 Augustus’ revival of ancient colleges that h

1 Horace, Epp. 2, I, I f. 2 Odes 4, 9. 3 For example, Piso and Ahenobarbus receive no ode from Horace. PageBook=>393

D. 2) and coolly at that (2, 104, 2). Naturally enough, not a word of Ahenobarbus or even of Quirinius. Dio’s sources for this peri

of legal prescriptions, and that not merely for princes of the blood. Ahenobarbus was proconsul of Africa four years after his cons

a and sought to exercise hereditary rights hence the resentment of an Ahenobarbus when Caesar monopolized Gaul for many years. It d

long, however, that important command, with five legions, was held by Ahenobarbus and by Vinicius in immediate succession. 2 Likewi

and when censors were appointed. NotesPage=>401 1 Probably not Ahenobarbus , attested here by Dio under the year 1 B.C. (55,

6 could be assumed (cf. Velleius 2, 105, 1); below, p. 435, n. 4. 2 Ahenobarbus (Dio 55, 10a, 3); Vinicius (Velleius 2, 104, 2, u

e younger Antonia) and the successive consorts of his daughter Julia. Ahenobarbus held in succession the command of the great north

ve had political causes. No doubt, however, about the significance of Ahenobarbus and Vinicius with the northern armies, of Lollius

and more solid achievement than is indicated by a historian who omits Ahenobarbus and is as cool about the services of Vinicius as

their sons would govern provinces with legionary armies certainly not Ahenobarbus or Paullus Fabius Maximus. Of the earlier gener

-mannered but corrupt and incompetent. The campaigns of Quirinius and Ahenobarbus were simply left out altogether. Vinicius could n

vernment based largely on family ties has been built up, nobiles like Ahenobarbus , Piso and Paullus Fabius Maximus govern the milit

ageBook=>504 The lesson was not lost. Nero was the descendant of Ahenobarbus , of Antonius, of Augustus. Vespasian’s nobility w

n. f. Magnus II: M. Licinius P. f. Crassus II 54 L. Domitius Cn. f. Ahenobarbus : Ap. Claudius Ap. f. Pulcher 53 Cn. Domitius M.

. f.?) Glabrio L. Vinicius M. f.: Q. Laronius 32 Cn. Domitius L. f. Ahenobarbus : C. Sosius C. f. L. Cornelius: M. Valerius Messal

17 C. Furnius C. f.: C. Junius C. f. Silanus 16 L. Domitius Cn. f. Ahenobarbus : P. Cornelius P. f. Scipio L. Tarius Rufus 15 M

Agrippina, the Elder, 422. Agrippina, the Younger, 384, 386, 511. Ahenobarbus , see Domitius, Alba Longa, 84. Albius Tibullu

see also Municipia. Dominatio, 155, 418, 516. Domitia, daughter of Ahenobarbus (cos. 16 B.C.) and wife of Passienus Crispus, 384

nd wife of Passienus Crispus, 384, 501. Domitia Lepida, daughter of Ahenobarbus (cos. 16 B.C.), 230. Domitian, the Emperor, calle