Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) Agrippina later married her widowed uncle Claudius. Lucius was adopted by the elderly Claudius as "Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus". When Claudius died on October 13, 54, Nero succeeded him as "Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus". Nero exalted Domitius’ memory and the Roman Senate arranged for the construction of his statue in 55. Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 32) Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (11 December (? ca. 2 BC) – January 41 AD) was a close relative of the five Roman Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. Domitius was the only son of Antonia Major (niece of the emperor Augustus and daughter of
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