 The poet Lucan makes Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus a significant character in book 7 of his "Pharsalia" (he is called "Domitius").Domitius is significant in the poem because he is the only known senator who died supporting Pompey at Pharsalia, and thus is a symbol of the dying republic.Additionally, Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus is Nero's great-great-grandfather and shares Nero's birth name.