Ahenobarbus

The family name was Brazenbeard, or, to speak more exactly, it was Ahenobarbus, which is the Latin equivalent for that word.

Nero Makers of History Series Jacob Abbott 1841

“Surely you can see for yourself,” Ahenobarbus said, reading in his turn.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

I admit that I gave Plancus the governorship to get him out from under my feet—a little like Ahenobarbus in Bithynia, except that Ahenobarbus is no coward.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Knowing that Ahenobarbus and Sosius were ardently Antonian and also determined to stay in office for the entire year, Octavian had felt it prudent to leave Rome just after the New Year and stay away until he saw whether the doughty couple could swing the Senate around.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

She shrank, in no condition to contend with Ahenobarbus.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

He ‘belongs’ to nobody save Ahenobarbus, and he revels in roaring up and down his little patch of sea playing at being Father Neptune.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

A fate Ahenobarbus had no intention of letting happen.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

That Ahenobarbus and Sosius have been rendered impotent by their master in Alexandria.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Antonius looks very well, Ahenobarbus thought, better than I have seen him look since Philippi.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

Ahenobarbus meticulously outlined the penal system, the kinds of citizens, the division of Roman government into executive and legislative arms, and the place of women in the Roman scheme of things.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007