Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was a politician of ancient Rome

Ancient Rome

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 of the late 2nd and early 1st century BC. He served as praetor

Praetor

Praetor was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities: the commander of an army, usually in the field, or the named commander before mustering the army; and an elected magistratus assigned varied duties...

 in Sicily

Sicily

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, probably in 96 BC, shortly after the Second Servile War

Second Servile War

The Second Servile War was an unsuccessful slave uprising against the Roman Republic on the island of Sicily. The war lasted from 104 BC until 100 BC....

, when slaves had been forbidden to carry arms. He ordered a slave to be crucified

Crucifixion

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 for killing a wild boar

Boar

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 with a hunting spear. He was consul

Roman consul

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 in 94 BC. In the civil war between Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius was a Roman general and statesman. He was elected consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his dramatic reforms of Roman armies, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens, eliminating the manipular military formations, and reorganizing the...

 and Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla

Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He had the rare distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as that of dictator...

, he took the side of the latter, and was murdered at Rome, on the orders of the younger Marius, by the praetor Damasippus.

He was the son of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul 122 BC)

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus was consul of Rome in 122 BC. He was the son of the Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus who was consul in 162 BC....

, and brother of Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus.