Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (father of Nero)

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
consul AD 32
Bust of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus
Bornc. 2 BC
DiedJanuary AD 41
SpouseAgrippina the Younger
IssueNero
DynastyJulio-Claudian
FatherLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
MotherAntonia Major

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (c. 2 BC – January AD 41) was a member of the imperial Julio-Claudian dynasty of Ancient Rome. Domitius was the son of Antonia Major (daughter of emperor Augustus' sister Octavia Minor and her second husband Mark Antony). He married Agrippina the Younger and became the father of the emperor Nero.[1]

  1. ^ Smith, William (1867), "Ahenobarbus (10), Gnaeus Ahenobarbus", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 86, archived from the original on 2011-08-05, retrieved 2008-06-08.