Plutarch's Lives

Domitius

Family: Romans · Role: consular candidate · First appears: Crassus

Life events

  • Crassus hired men to assault Domitius and Cato to secure the consulship.(Comparison of Crassus with Nicias)
    • With: Marcus Crassus Cato the Younger
    • “he himself could not deny that to compass the consulship, he hired men to lay violent hands upon Domitius and Cato.”

Crassus

  • friends with Cato the Younger “only Cato encouraged Domitius, who was his friend and relation, to proceed”
  • rivals with Pompey “Upon this some others took confidence and came forward as candidates, among them Domitius. But when Pompey and Crassus now openly appeared for it, the rest were afraid and drew back”
  • rivals with Marcus Crassus “Upon this some others took confidence and came forward as candidates, among them Domitius. But when Pompey and Crassus now openly appeared for it, the rest were afraid and drew back”

Comparison of Crassus with Nicias

  • enemies with Marcus Crassus “to compass the consulship, he hired men to lay violent hands upon Domitius and Cato.”
  • with Marcus Crassus (Crassus hired men to assault Domitius.) “he hired men to lay violent hands upon Domitius and Cato.”

Pompey

  • enemies with Pompey “Against these, therefore, Pompey was sent with a large force”

Comparison of Pompey and Agesilaus

  • with Pompey (Domitius's scoffs helped provoke Pompey's decision.) “for him upon so small a provocation as the scoffs of Favonius and Domitius, and lest he should bear the nickname of Agamemnon, to be wrought upon”

Caesar

  • enemies with Caesar “Caesar took into his army Domitius's soldiers”

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