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Ahenobarbus is Latin for "red-beard" (literally, "bronze-beard"), and may refer to:

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation), Romans
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (disambiguation), Romans
Nero (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus), Roman emperor from 54 to 68

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-{{Short description|Ancient Roman cognomen meaning "red-beard"}}
+'''Ahenobarbus''' is Latin for "red-beard" (literally, "bronze-beard"), and 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  | access-date = 2008-06-09  | archive-date = 2011-05-14  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110514041631/http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0092.html  | url-status = dead  }}</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), Roman emperor from 54 to 68
-* [[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 50 as official heir to the throne, becoming Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus and then Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus. 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]].
-{{tree chart/start}}
-{{tree chart | | | | |GDA192 | GDA192=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 192 BC)]]}}
-{{tree chart | | | | | |!| |}}
-{{tree chart | | | | |GDA162 | GDA162=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 162 BC)]]}}
-{{tree chart | | | | | |!| |}}
-{{tree chart | | | | |GDA122 | GDA122=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 122 BC)]]}}
-{{tree chart | | |,|-|-|^|-|-|.}}
-{{tree chart | |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 (praetor 61 BC)|Gaius Octavius]]}}
-{{tree chart | | |)|-|-|-|-|.| | | | | | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|^|-|-|.|}}
-{{tree chart | |GDA87| | |LDA54| | | | | | |!|JANT |v| MAC | | | | | |!|  GDA87=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (died 81 BC)]]|LDA54=[[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC)]]|JANT=[[Julia (mother of Mark Antony)|Julia]]|MAC=[[Marcus Antonius Creticus]]}}
-{{tree chart | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | |!| | | |!| | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{tree chart | | | AL  |v|GDA32| | | | | |OCTA |v|ANTON|v| FFB | | | |!|AL=[[Aemilia Lepida]]
-|GDA32=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32 BC)]]|FFB=[[Fulvia]]|ANTON=[[Mark Antony]]|OCTA=[[Octavia the Younger]]}}
-{{tree chart | | | | | |!| | | |,|-|-|-|-|-|-|-|(| | | |!| | | | | | |!|}}
-{{tree chart | | | | | |!| | | |!| | | | | | | |!| |,|-|^|-|.| | | | |!|}}
-{{tree chart | | | | |LDA16|v| AM  | | | | | | |!| IA  | | MAA | | | |!| |AM=[[Antonia Major]]|LDA16=[[Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 16 BC)]]|IA=[[Iullus Antonius]]|MAA=[[Marcus Antonius Antyllus]]}}
-{{tree chart | |,|-|-|v|-|-|^|.| | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{tree chart | |!| |  DE | | DY  |v| MVMB| | | |!| | TBN |v| LVD |~|AUGUS|v|SCRI|DE =[[Domitia Lepida the Elder]]|DY=[[Domitia Lepida the Younger]]|MVMB=[[Marcus Valerius Messalla Barbatus]]|TBN=[[Tiberius Claudius Nero (father of Tiberius Caesar)|Tiberius Nero]]|LVD=[[Livia Drusilla]]|AUGUS=[[Augustus]]|SCRI=[[Scribonia (wife of Augustus)|Scribonia]]}}
-{{tree chart | |!| | | | | | | | |!| | | | | | |!| | | |,|^|-|-|.| | | | |!| | |}}
-{{tree chart | |!| | | | |,|-|-|-|^|-|-|.| | | AMI |v| NCD | | TB  |-|-| JTE |v| MVA ||AMI= [[Antonia Minor]]|NCD=[[Nero Claudius Drusus]]|TB=[[Tiberius]]|MVA=[[Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa]]|JTE=[[Julia the Elder]]}}
-{{tree chart | |!| | | | |!| | |,|-|-|-|t|-|-|-|v|-|(| | | |,|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|^|-|-|v|-|-|-|.}}
-{{tree chart | |!| | | |MVMC | |!| | | |!| | | |!| GER |v| AE  | |GAIC | | JTY | | LUC | |AGPP | MVMC=[[Marcus Valerius Messala Corvinus (consul 58)]]| GER=[[Germanicus]]| AE=[[Agrippina the Elder]]|GAIC=[[Gaius Caesar]]|JTY=[[Julia the Younger]]|LUC=[[Lucius Caesar]]|AGPP=[[Agrippa Postumus]]}}
-{{tree chart | |!| | | |,|-|-|-|t|-|-|-|t|-|-|-|t|-|-|-|^|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|v|-|v|-|v|-|.|}}
-{{tree chart | GDA |v| AY  |-| CLA |v| VM  | | LV  |v| DJC | | JD  | | JV  |!| DC  |!| GDA=[[Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32)]]|AY=[[Agrippina the Younger]]|CLA=[[Claudius]]|VM=[[Valeria Messalina]]|LV=[[Livilla (sister of Claudius)]]|DJC=[[Drusus Julius Caesar]]|JD=[[Drusilla (sister of Caligula)]]| JV=[[Livilla (sister of Caligula)]]| DC=[[Drusus Caesar]]}}
-{{tree chart | | | |`|-|.| | | |,|-|^|-|.| | | |,|-|^|-|v|-|-|-|.| | | | | |!| | | |!| | | }}
-{{tree chart | PPA |v| NER |-| CO  | | BTC | | TG  | | GG  | | JL  |-|-|-| NG  | | CG  |v| CS  | NER=Emperor [[Nero]] (born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus)| PPA=[[Poppaea Sabina]]| CO=[[Claudia Octavia]]| BTC=[[Britannicus]]| |TG=[[Tiberius Gemellus]]|GG=Germanicus Gemellus| JL=[[Julia Livia]] |NG=[[Nero (son of Germanicus)]]| CG=[[Caligula]]| CS=[[Milonia Caesonia]]}}
-{{tree chart | | | |!| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |!|}}
-{{tree chart | | | CA  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | JDY  | CA=[[Claudia Augusta]]|JDY=[[Julia Drusilla (daughter of Caligula)]]|}}
-{{tree chart/end}}
 ==See also==
+{{canned search|Ahenobarbus}}
-*[[Domitia]], for a list of women from the ''gens Domitia''
+* {{intitle|Ahenobarbus}}
-*[[Domitius (disambiguation)]]
-==References==
-{{Reflist}}
-===Sources===
-*{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Ahenobarbus|volume=1}}
-*{{SmithDGRBM|title= Ahenobarbus}}
-{{Authority control}}
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-[[Category:Ancient Roman cognomina]]
-[[Category:Domitii Ahenobarbi|-Ahenobarbus]]
-[[Category:Ancient Roman prosopographical lists]]