Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 54 BC)

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
Born	c. 98 BC
Died	9 August 48 BC; Palaepharsalus, Greece
Cause of death	Killed in battle
Nationality	Roman
Office	Curule Aedile (61 BC); Praetor (58 BC); Consul (54 BC)
Spouse	Porcia
Children	Gnaeus (consul 32 BC)
Military service
Allegiance	Pompey
Rank	Proconsul
Battles/wars	Caesar's Civil War; Siege of Corfinium (49 BC); Siege of Massilia (49 BC); Battle of Tauroento (49 BC); Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC) †;

Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, consul in 54 BC, was an enemy of Julius Caesar and a strong supporter of the aristocratic (optimates) party in the late Roman Republic.^[2]

^ MRR ii, pp. 261, 277
^ Smith, William (1867), "Ahenobarbus (7), Lucius Domitius", in Smith, William (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. 1, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, p. 85