Enobarbarus

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  • Enobarbus: Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus, who became the Emperor Nero (54 to 68). He is infamously known as the Emperor who "fiddled while Rome burned" (although this is now considered an inaccurate rumor) and as an early persecutor of Christians. Facing assassination, he committed suicide on 9 June 68 (the first Roman emperor to do so).[His death ended the Julio-Claudian Dynasty,
  • Enobarbus: In Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra, a Roman general who is a lieutenant of Marc Antony and a major charcter in the play.