Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (cos. 32 BC)

Reading notes

• Ad Atticum 13.37 §3 to Domitius

  Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus the younger, Porcia's nephew (his mother was Cato's sister) and a future associate of Brutus and Cassius; a natural recipient of the eulogy of his kinswoman. Identification is by context, the standard reading of this passage.

• Ad Atticum 13.48 §2 to Domitius the younger

  Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus the Younger, son of the consul of 54 BC and a relation by marriage of the family mourning Porcia; later consul in 32 BC.

• Ad Familiares 6.22 §1 after you had come into Italy

  After the Pompeian defeat at Thapsus (April 46 BC) and his father L. Domitius's death at Pharsalus (48 BC), Cn. Domitius the Younger had returned to Italy and needed Caesar's pardon to resume normal life. Cicero writes before Domitius formally received it.

• Ad Familiares 6.22 §2 for the sake of the state, more of a charge than you could have made good

  Cicero gently broaches whether Domitius may have committed to the Pompeian cause beyond what was reasonable for a man of his age and resources; the phrasing is delicate because it could imply either praise (he gave everything) or mild criticism (he overreached). Cicero resolves it toward praise.

• Tenth Philippic §13 the young Gnaeus Domitius

  Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, son of an assassin and later consul of 32 BC, who brought a body of cavalry over to Brutus. Cicero praises his virtue, gravity, and constancy.