Turns, one, Lucius, and the other, Cneius. Successively, that of Cneius, while those who came after were called, by For the first, second, and third of theĪenobarbi had the praenomen of Lucius, and again the three following, Persons in succession sometimes adhering to one of them, and then they These, however, they assumed with singular irregularity three Other praenomina than those of Cneius and Patrician order, they continued the use of the same cognomen, with no This family had the honour of seven consulships, one triumph, and twoĬensorships and being admitted into the Mortals, they stroked his cheeks, and thus changed his hair, which wasīlack, to a bright colour, resembling that of brass which mark ofĭistinction descended to his posterity, for they had generally redīeards. Met by two young men of a most august appearance, who desired him toĪnnounce to the senate and people a victory, of which no certain Tradition:-As he was returning out of the country to Rome, he was The Aenobarbi derive both their extractionĪnd their cognomen from one Lucius Domitius, of whom we have this Two celebrated families, the Calvini and Aenobarbi, sprungįrom the race of the Domitii. Nero, ut tamen vitia cuiusque quasi tradita et ingentia Pluris e familia cognosci referreĪrbitror, quo facilius appareat ita degenerasse a suorum virtutibus Sequentis rursus tres ex ordine Gnaeos accepimus, reliquos non nisi Nam primum secundumque ac tertium Ahenobarborum Lucios, Usurparunt, eaque ipsa notabili varietate, modo continuantes per Ac ne praenomia quidem ulla praeterquam Gnaei et Luci
Functi autem consulatibus septem, triumphoĬensuraque duplici et inter patricios adlecti perseveraverunt omnes inĮodem cognomine. Quod insigne mansit et in posteris eius, ac magna pars Permulsisse malas, ut e nigro rutilum aerique similem capillum Victoriam, de qua incertum adhuc erat atque in fidem maiestatis adeo Domitium, cui rure quondam revertenti iuvenes gemini augustioreįorma ex occursu imperasse traduntur, nuntiaret senatui ac populo Aenobarbi auctorem originis itemque cognominis habent Pagination of the English translation.] Ex gente Domitia duae familiae claruerunt, CalvinorumĮt Aenobarborum.
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