Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (Consul 96 BC)
Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus († around 89 BC) was a politician of the late Roman Republic .
The son of the consul of the same name from 122 BC. His political career began probably in 118 BC. When the Colonia Narbo was founded . As a mint master (monetalis) he had about 116/115 BC. BC or 108/107 BC Mint coins. In 104 BC He became a tribune of the people and introduced a law (lex Domitia de Sacerdotiis), according to which the high priests were to be elected by the people in the comitia tributa instead of by co-optation as before . The law was repealed by Sulla , reinstated by Caesar and probably repealed by Mark Antony . Ahenobarbus was born in 103 BC. . Chr to pontifex maximus selected 96 v. To consul and 92 BC Together with Lucius Licinius Crassus , with whom he was often at odds, as censor . However , they cooperated in suppressing the recently established Latin rhetoric school , which they saw as harmful to public morality.
His younger brother Lucius was 94 BC. BC Consul, his son, who was also called Lucius , 54 BC. Chr.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Domitius 21 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume V, 1, Stuttgart 1903, Sp. 1324-1327.
Remarks
- ↑ Cicero , De Lege Agraria, 2, 7; Suetonius , Nero, 2.
- ↑ Aulus Gellius 15:11 .
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SURNAME | Domitius Ahenobarbus, Gnaeus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ahenobarbus, Gnaeus Domitius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul 96 BC Chr. |
DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | around 89 BC Chr. |