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Ahenobarbus (Latin, 'red-beard', literally 'bronze-beard'), also spelled Aenobarbus or Ænobarbus, may refer to:

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation), Romans
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation), Romans
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, birth name of Nero, Roman emperor 54–68
Frederick Barbarossa, known in Latin as Fridericus Ænobarbus, Holy Roman Emperor 1155–1190

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+'''Ahenobarbus''' (Latin, 'red-beard', literally 'bronze-beard'), also spelled Aenobarbus or Ænobarbus, may refer to:
-'''Ahenobarbus''' was a ''[[cognomen]]'' used by a [[Plebs|plebeian]] branch of the ''[[Domitia (gens)|gens Domitia]]'' in the late [[Roman Republic]] and early [[Roman Empire|Empire]].<ref name="DGRBM">{{Citation  | last = Smith  | first = William  | author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)  | contribution = Ahenobarbus  | editor-last = Smith  | editor-first = William  | title = [[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology]]  | volume = 1  | pages = 83–84  | publisher = [[Little, Brown and Company]]  | place = Boston  | year = 1867  | contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0092.html }}</ref>  The name means "red-beard" (literally, "bronze-beard") in [[Latin]]. According to legend, [[Castor and Pollux]] announced to one of their ancestors the victory of the Romans over the Latins at the [[battle of Lake Regillus]], and, to confirm the truth of what they had just said, they stroked his black hair and beard, which immediately became red.<ref>[[Suetonius]], ''[[Nero]]'' 1</ref><ref>[[Plutarch]], ''Aemil.'' 25</ref><ref>[[Dionysius of Halicarnassus]], vi. 13</ref><ref>[[Tertullian]], ''Apol.'' 22</ref>
+* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation)]], Romans
-==List of Ahenobarbi==
+* [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation)]], Romans
-Notable Ahenobarbi include:
+* [[Nero|Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus]], birth name of Nero, Roman emperor 54–68
+* [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa]], known in Latin as ''Fridericus Ænobarbus'', Holy Roman Emperor 1155–1190
-* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 192 BC)]]
-* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 162 BC)]]
-* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 122 BC)]]
-* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 96 BC)]], son of the same named consul of 122 BC.
-* [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 94 BC)]]
-* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (died 81 BC)]]
-* [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC)]], son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 96 BC), supporter of Pompey and character in Lucan's ''Pharsalia''
-* [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (praetor 50 BC)]]
-* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC)]].  A fictionalized version of this Ahenobarbus appears in Shakespeare's ''Antony and Cleopatra'' under the name of "Enobarbus"
-* [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC)]], only child of the above Gnaeus Domitius and [[Aemilia Lepida]], paternal grandfather of the Emperor Nero, maternal grandfather of [[Valeria Messalina]] (third wife of the emperor Claudius)
-* [[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32)]], father of the Emperor Nero and maternal uncle to Valeria Messalina
-* The Emperor [[Nero]] was born in AD 37 to the Domitius above as '''Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus''' (named after Domitius's father [[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC)]]). He was adopted by [[Claudius]] in AD 50 as official heir to the throne. He was the only child of [[Agrippina the Younger]] through her first marriage to Domitius, and through her, he was great-great grandson of the Emperor [[Augustus]], great-grandnephew and adoptive great-grandson of the Emperor [[Tiberius]], nephew of the Emperor [[Caligula]], as well as great-nephew and stepson of the Emperor [[Claudius]].
-==Family tree==
-'The family tree below shows relationships between the Ahenobarbus branch of the ''gens Domitia'' to the [[Julio-Claudian dynasty]].
-{{familytree/start}}
-{{familytree | | | | | GDA192 | GDA192=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 192 BC)]]}}
-{{familytree | | | | | |!| |}}
-{{familytree | | | | | GDA162 | GDA162=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 162 BC)]]}}
-{{familytree | | | | | |!| |}}
-{{familytree | | | | | GDA122 | GDA122=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 122 BC)]]}}
-{{familytree | | | | | |!| |}}
-{{familytree | | GDA96 |-|^|-| LDA94 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |CAES|v|OCTAV|GDA96=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 96 BC)]]|LDA94=[[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 94 BC)]]|CAES=[[Atia Balba Caesonia]]|OCTAV=[[Gaius Octavius]]}}
-{{familytree | | |)|-|-|-|-|.| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| |}}
-{{familytree | | GDA87 | | | | LDA54 | | | |JANT|v|MAC|,|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|^|-|.| GDA87=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (died 81 BC)]]|LDA54=[[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC)]]|JANT=[[Julia Antonia]]|MAC=[[Marcus Antonius Creticus]]}}
-{{familytree | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{familytree | | | | AL |v| GDA32 | |FFB|v|ANTON|v|OCTA| | | | | | | | | |!|AL=[[Aemilia Lepida]]
-|GDA32=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC)]]|FFB=[[Fulvia]]|ANTON=[[Mark Antony]]|OCTA=[[Octavia the Younger]]}}
-{{familytree | | |,|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|(| | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{familytree | | |!| | | |!| | | | | | |,|^|.| | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{familytree | | AM |v| LDA16 | | | |IA| |MAA|!| | | | | | | | | | | | |!| |AM=[[Antonia Major]]|LDA16=[[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC)]]|IA=[[Iullus Antonius]]|MAA=[[Marcus Antonius Antyllus]]}}
-{{familytree | |,|-|-|^|v|-|-|.| | | | | | |,|-|-|'| | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | D | | DL |v| MVMB |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|D=[[Domitia Lepida the Elder]]|DL=[[Domitia Lepida the Younger]]|MVMB=[[Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]]}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| | |TBN|v|LVD|~|~|~|~|~|AUGUS|v|SCRI|TBN=[[Tiberius Nero]]|LVD=[[Livia Drusilla]]|AUGUS=[[Augustus]]|SCRI=[[Scribonia]]}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | | | | | |!| | | |!| | | |,|-|^|.| | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | | | | | |!| | |AMI|v|NCD| |TB | | | | |MVA|v|JTE|AMI= [[Antonia Minor]]|NCD=[[Nero Claudius Drusus]]|TB=[[Tiberius]]|MVA=[[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]]|JTE=[[Julia the Elder]]}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | |,|-|-|-|(| | | | |,|+|-|.| | | |,|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|-|.}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | |MVMC| | M |v| CLA |!| GER |v| AE | |GAIC| |JTY| | | |LUC| | | |AGPP| | |MVMC=[[Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus (consul 58)]]|M=[[Valeria Messalina]]| CLA=[[Claudius]]| GER=[[Germanicus]]| AE=[[Agrippina the Elder]]|GAIC=[[Gaius Caesar]]|JTY=[[Julia the Younger]]|LUC=[[Lucius Caesar]]|AGPP=[[Agrippa Postumus]]}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | |F|~|~|~|~|~|#|J| | |!| | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | |:| | | | | |!| | | |`|-|-|-|+|-|-|-|LV|v|DJC| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |LV=[[Livilla (sister of Claudius)]]|DJC=[[Drusus Julius Caesar]]}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | |:| | | | | |!| | | | | | | |!| | | | | |,|^|.| |}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | |:| | | | | |!| | | | | | | |!| | | |TG| |GG| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |TG=[[Tiberius Gemellus]]|GG=Germanicus Gemellus}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | | |:| | CO |-|^| BTC | | | ||!| | | CO=[[Claudia Octavia]]| BTC=[[Britannicus]]| | | | |}}
-{{familytree | |!| | | | |,|*|-|-|v|-|v|-|-|-|-|-|v|=|-|-|^|-|-|-|v|-|-|.}}
-{{familytree | GDA |v| AY |J| JD | | JV | | CG |v| CS | | NG | | DC | | GDA=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32)]]|AY=[[Agrippina the Younger]]| JD=[[Drusilla (sister of Caligula)]]| JV=[[Livilla (sister of Caligula)]]| CG=[[Caligula]]| CS=[[Milonia Caesonia]]| NG=[[Nero (son of Germanicus)]]| DC=[[Drusus Caesar]]}}
-{{familytree | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | }}
-{{familytree | | | N |v| PPA | | | | | | | | | | |JDY| N=Emperor [[Nero]] (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus)| PPA=[[Poppaea Sabina]]|JDY=[[Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)]]|}}
-{{familytree | | | | | |!| | | |}}
-{{familytree | | | | | CA | | | CA=[[Claudia Augusta]]}}
-{{familytree/end}}
 ==See also==
+* {{intitle|Ahenobarbus}}
-*[[Domitia]], for a list of women from the ''gens Domitia''
-*[[Domitius (disambiguation)]]
-==References==
-{{reflist}}
-===Sources===
-*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Ahenobarbus|volume=1}}
-*{{SmithDGRBM}}
+{{disambiguation}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:Ahenobarbus}}
-[[Category:Ancient Roman cognomina]]
-[[Category:Domitii]]
-[[Category:Ancient Roman families]]
-[[Category:Ancient Roman prosopographical lists]]
-[[Category:Ancient Roman family trees]]