person
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Domitius
also: Domitius
Nero's biological father, a nobleman of ill repute; his name is thrown at Nero as 'Nero the grafted, born of Domitius.'
Reading notes
- On Benefits §3.24.1 Domitius
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, the Pompeian commander trapped at Corfinium; his physician-slave gave him a sleeping draught instead of the poison he demanded, and so saved him.
- On Mercy §1.10 the Domitii, the Messalae, the Asinii, the Cicerones
The flower of the nobility — including Nero's own Domitian ancestors, the Valerii Messallae, the orator Asinius Pollio's line, and Cicero's — whom Augustus owed to his clemency rather than to the sword.
- Octavia §257 Domitius
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, Nero's disreputable natural father, named to deny Nero true Claudian blood.