Domitius

Family: Roman · Role: son · First appears: Nero 4

Domitius was the son of Cneius. He was “afterwards well known as the nominal purchaser of the family property left by Augustus’s will,” obtained triumphal ornaments for his service in the German war, and, as aedile, obliged Lucius Plancus, the censor, to give way to him. During his praetorship and consulship, he made Roman knights and married women act on the stage; after private reprimands failed, Augustus restrained him by a public edict. He also jointly held the consulship with Aulus, the father of Nero Caesar.

While Domitius was married, Agrippina the Younger used her blandishments to allure him to her embraces. His death left her a widow, and Nero lost his father when he was three years old. Nero later “paid likewise the highest honours to the memory of his father Domitius.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Domitius became the nominal purchaser of family property left by Augustus’s will.(Nero 4)
  • With: Augustus
  • “who was afterwards well known as the nominal purchaser of the family property left by Augustus’s will”
• Domitius obtained triumphal ornaments for his service in the German war.(Nero 4)
  • “than he was afterwards for the triumphal ornaments which he obtained in the German war”
• Domitius compelled Lucius Plancus to give way.(Nero 4)
  • With: Lucius Plancus
  • “When he was aedile, he obliged Lucius Plancus, the censor, to give him the way”
• Domitius forced Roman knights and married women to perform on stage.(Nero 4)
  • “and in his praetorship, and consulship, he made Roman knights and married women act on the stage”
• Augustus publicly restrained Domitius after private reprimands failed.(Nero 4)
  • With: Augustus
  • “Augustus, after privately reprimanding him, to no purpose, was obliged to restrain him by a public edict”
• Nero lost his father, Domitius.(Nero 6)
  • With: Nero
  • “He lost his father when he was three years old”
• Nero paid the highest honours to the memory of Domitius.(Nero 9)
  • With: Nero
  • “He paid likewise the highest honours to the memory of his father Domitius.”
• Domitius died, leaving Agrippina a widow.(Galba 5)
  • With: Agrippina the Younger
  • “Agrippina herself, at that time left a widow by the death of Domitius”

Nero 4

• parent: Cneius “This Cneius had a son, named Domitius”
• with Augustus (Augustus left the family property by will, and Domitius was its nominal purchaser.) “who was afterwards well known as the nominal purchaser of the family property left by Augustus’s will”
• with Lucius Plancus (Domitius compelled Lucius Plancus to yield precedence.) “When he was aedile, he obliged Lucius Plancus, the censor, to give him the way”

Nero 6

• child: Nero “a saying of his father, Domitius, was regarded as an ill presage”

Nero 9

• child: Nero “He paid likewise the highest honours to the memory of his father Domitius.”
• with Nero (Nero honoured the memory of Domitius.) “He paid likewise the highest honours to the memory of his father Domitius.”

Nero 28

• child: Nero (Domitius is identified as Nero's father.) “It was jocularly observed by some person, ‘that it would have been well for mankind, had such a wife fallen to the lot of his father Domitius.’”

Galba 5

• married with Agrippina the Younger “not even Agrippina herself, at that time left a widow by the death of Domitius, who had employed all her blandishments to allure him to her embraces, while he was a married man;”

Vitellius 2

• child: Nero Caesar (son of Germanicus) “Aulus died in the enjoyment of the consulship, which office he bore jointly with Domitius, the father of Nero Caesar.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Lives of the Twelve Caesars. Made with Rho MD.