For others of this family, see Ahenobarbus.

Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (d. 104 BC) was consul of Rome in 122 BC. He was the son of the Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus who was consul in 162 BC.^[1]

He was sent in his consulship, 122 BC, against the Allobroges in Gallia Transalpina, because they had received Teutomalius, king of the Salluvii and the enemy of the Romans, and had laid waste to the territory of the Aedui, who were allies of the Romans. In 121 BC, with the assistance of Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus,^[2] he conquered the Allobroges and their ally Vituitus (or "Bituitus"), king of the Arverni, near Vindalium, at the confluence of the Sulga and Rhone rivers; and he won the battle mainly through the terror caused by his elephants. He commemorated his victory by the erection of trophies, and went in procession through the province carried by an elephant. He was honored with a triumph in 120 BC,^{[3][4][5][6][7][8]} at the fore of which he paraded the captive Vituitus. He was censor in 115 BC with Caecilius Metellus, and expelled twenty-two persons from the senate.^[9][10] He was also Pontifex.^[8] The Via Domitia in Gaul was developed under his administration based on a preexisting trade route.^[11]

He died around 104 BC,^[2] leaving two sons, Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul in 96 BC) and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (consul in 94 BC).^[1]

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by William Smith (1870).

Preceded by Titus Quinctius Flaminius and Quintus Caecilius Metellus Balearicus

Consul of the Roman Republic with Gaius Fannius 122 BC

Succeeded by Quintus Fabius Maximus Allobrogicus and Lucius Opimius