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The gens Julia (''gēns Iūlia'', ) was one of the most prominent
patrician families in
ancient Rome
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. Members of the
gens
In ancient Rome, a gens ( or , ; plural: ''gentes'' ) was a family consisting of individuals who shared the same Roman naming conventions#Nomen, nomen and who claimed descent from a common ancestor. A branch of a gens was called a ''stirps'' (p ...
attained the highest dignities of the state in the earliest times of the
Republic
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. The first of the family to obtain the
consulship was
Gaius Julius Iulus in 489 BC. The gens is perhaps best known, however, for
Gaius Julius Caesar, the
dictator
A dictator is a political leader who possesses absolute power. A dictatorship is a state ruled by one dictator or by a small clique. The word originated as the title of a Roman dictator elected by the Roman Senate to rule the republic in times ...
and grand uncle of the emperor
Augustus
Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian, was the first Roman emperor; he reigned from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He is known for being the founder of the Roman Pri ...
, through whom the name was passed to the so-called
Julio-Claudian dynasty
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of the first century AD. The Julius became very common in
imperial times, as the descendants of persons enrolled as
citizens
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Each state determines the conditions under which it will recognize persons as its citizens, and ...
under the early emperors began to make their mark in history.
[''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, pp. 642, 643.]
Origin
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The Julii were of
Alban origin, mentioned as one of the leading Alban houses, which
Tullus Hostilius
Tullus Hostilius (r. 672–640 BC) was the legendary third king of Rome. He succeeded Numa Pompilius and was succeeded by Ancus Marcius. Unlike his predecessor, Tullus was known as a warlike king who according to the Roman Historian Livy, believ ...
removed to Rome upon the destruction of
Alba Longa
Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was d ...
. The Julii also existed at an early period at
Bovillae, evidenced by a very ancient inscription on an altar in the theatre of that town, which speaks of their offering sacrifices according to the ''lege Albana'', or Alban rites. Their connection with Bovillae is also implied by the , or chapel, which the emperor
Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...
dedicated to the ''gens Julia'' in the town, and in which he placed the statue of Augustus. Some of the Julii may have settled at Bovillae after the fall of Alba Longa.
As it became the fashion in the later times of the Republic to claim a divine origin for the most distinguished of the Roman gentes, it was contended that Iulus, the mythical ancestor of the race, was the same as
Ascanius
Ascanius (; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάνιος) (said to have reigned 1176-1138 BC) was a legendary king of Alba Longa and is the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas and Creusa, daughter of Priam. He is a character in Roman mythology, and has a divine ...
, the son of
Aeneas
In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (, ; from ) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons ...
, and founder of
Alba Longa
Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was d ...
. Aeneas was, in turn, the son of
Venus
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and
Anchises
Anchises (; grc-gre, Ἀγχίσης, Ankhísēs) was a member of the royal family of Troy in Greek and Roman legend. He was said to have been the son of King Capys of Dardania and Themiste, daughter of Ilus, who was son of Tros. He is most fam ...
. In order to prove the identity of Ascanius and Iulus, recourse was had to etymology, some specimens of which the reader curious in such matters will find in
Servius Servius is the name of:
* Servius (praenomen), the personal name
* Maurus Servius Honoratus, a late fourth-century and early fifth-century grammarian
* Servius Tullius, the Roman king
* Servius Sulpicius Rufus, the 1st century BC Roman jurist
See ...
. Other traditions held that Iulus was the son of Aeneas by his Trojan wife,
Creusa
In Greek mythology, Creusa (; grc, Κρέουσα ''Kreousa'' "princess") may refer to the following figures:
* Creusa, a naiad daughter of Gaia.
* Creusa, daughter of Erechtheus, King of Athens and his wife, Praxithea.
* Creusa, also known by t ...
, while Ascanius was the son of Aeneas and
Lavinia
In Roman mythology, Lavinia ( ; ) is the daughter of Latinus and Amata, and the last wife of Aeneas.
Creation
It has been proposed that the character was in part intended to represent Servilia Isaurica, Emperor Augustus's first fiancée.
Stor ...
, daughter of
Latinus
Latinus ( la, Latinus; Ancient Greek: Λατῖνος, ''Latînos'', or Λατεῖνος, ''Lateînos'') was a figure in both Greek and Roman mythology. He is often associated with the heroes of the Trojan War, namely Odysseus and Aeneas. Alth ...
.
The dictator Caesar frequently alluded to the divine origin of his race, as, for instance, in the funeral oration which he pronounced when
quaestor
A ( , , ; "investigator") was a public official in Ancient Rome. There were various types of quaestors, with the title used to describe greatly different offices at different times.
In the Roman Republic, quaestors were elected officials who ...
over his aunt
Julia, and in giving ''Venus Genetrix'' as the word to his soldiers at the battles of
Pharsalus and
Munda; and subsequent writers and poets were ready enough to fall in with a belief which flattered the pride and exalted the origin of the imperial family.
Though it would seem that the Julii first came to Rome in the reign of Tullus Hostilius, the name occurs in Roman legend as early as the time of
Romulus
Romulus () was the legendary foundation of Rome, founder and King of Rome, first king of Ancient Rome, Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus ...
. It was Proculus Julius who was said to have informed the sorrowing Roman people, after the strange departure of Romulus from the world, that their king had descended from heaven and appeared to him, bidding him tell the people to honor him in future as a god, under the name of
Quirinus
In Roman mythology and religion, Quirinus ( , ) is an early god of the Roman state. In Augustan Rome, ''Quirinus'' was also an epithet of Janus, as ''Janus Quirinus''.
Name
Attestations
The name of god Quirinus is recorded across Roman sourc ...
. Some modern critics have inferred from this, that a few of the Julii might have settled in Rome in the reign of the first king; but considering the entirely fabulous nature of the tale, and the circumstance that the celebrity of the Julia gens in later times would easily lead to its connection with the earliest times of Roman story, no historical argument can be drawn from the mere name occurring in this legend.
[Livy, i. 16.][Ovid, ii. 499 ''ff.'']
In the later Empire, the distinction between praenomen, nomen, and cognomen was gradually lost, and ''Julius'' was treated much like a personal name, which it ultimately became. The Latin form is common in many languages, but other familiar forms exist, including ''
Giulio Giulio () is an Italian given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Giulio Alberoni (1664–1752), Italian cardinal and statesman
* Giulio Alenio (1582–1649), Italian Jesuit missionary and scholar
* Giulio Alfieri (1924–2002), Italian ...
'' (Italian), ''
Julio Julio is the Spanish equivalent of the month July and may refer to:
*Julio (given name)
*Julio (surname)
*Júlio de Castilhos, a municipality of the western part of the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* ''Julio'' (album), a 1983 compilation albu ...
'' (Spanish), ''
Jules'' (French), ''Júlio'' (Portuguese), ''
Iuliu Iuliu is a Romanian
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*anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Romania
** Romanians, an ethnic group
**Romanian language, a Romance language
***Romanian dialects, variants of the Romanian language
**Romanian ...
'' (Romanian) and ''Юлий'' (''Yuliy'', Bulgarian and Russian).
Praenomina
The Julii of the Republic used the
praenomina ''
Lucius,
Gaius
Gaius, sometimes spelled ''Gajus'', Kaius, Cajus, Caius, was a common Latin praenomen; see Gaius (praenomen).
People
*Gaius (jurist) (), Roman jurist
*Gaius Acilius
*Gaius Antonius
*Gaius Antonius Hybrida
*Gaius Asinius Gallus
*Gaius Asinius Pol ...
, and
Sextus
Sextus is an ancient Roman '' praenomen'' or "first name". Its standard abbreviation is Sex., and the feminine form would be Sexta. It is one of the numeral ''praenomina'', like Quintus ("fifth") and Decimus ("tenth"), and means "sixth". Althoug ...
''. There are also instances of ''
Vopiscus'' and ''
Spurius
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'' in the early generations of the family. The earliest of the Julii appearing in legend bore the praenomen ''
Proculus'', and it is possible that this name was used by some of the early Julii, although no later examples are known. In the later Republic and imperial times, ''Vopiscus'' and ''Proculus'' were generally used as personal cognomina.
The gens was always said to have descended from and been named after a mythical personage named ''Iulus'' or ''Iullus'', even before he was asserted to be the son of Aeneas; and it is entirely possible that ''Iulus'' was an ancient praenomen, which had fallen out of use by the early Republic, and was preserved as a cognomen by the eldest branch of the Julii. The name was later revived as a praenomen by
Marcus Antonius
Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autoc ...
, the triumvir, who had
a son named ''Iulus''. Classical Latin did not distinguish between the letters "I" and "J", which were both written with "I", and for this reason the name is sometimes written ''Julus'', just as ''Julius'' is also written ''Iulius''.
The many Julii of imperial times, who were not descended from the gens Julia, did not limit themselves to the praenomina of that family. The imperial family set the example by freely mingling the praenomina of the Julii with those of the
gens Claudia
The gens Claudia (), sometimes written Clodia, was one of the most prominent patrician houses at ancient Rome. The gens traced its origin to the earliest days of the Roman Republic. The first of the Claudii to obtain the consulship was Appius ...
, using titles and cognomina as praenomina, and regularly changing their praenomina to reflect the political winds of the empire.
Branches and cognomina
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The family-names of the Julii in the time of the Republic are ''Caesar'', ''Iulus'', ''Mento'', and ''Libo'', of which the first three are undoubtedly patrician; but the only families which were particularly celebrated were those of ''Iulus'' and ''Caesar'', the former at the beginning and the latter in the last century of the Republic. On coins the only names found are ''Caesar'' and ''Bursio'', the latter of which does not occur in ancient writers.
Due to the activity of Julius Caesar in Gaul over many years, a number of natives of the Gallic provinces adopted ''Julius'' as their gentilicum, and have no other connection to the Republican Julii. Examples of their descendants include
Julius Florus
Three main sets of works are attributed to Florus (a Roman cognomen): ''Virgilius orator an poeta'', an Epitome of Roman History and a collection of 14 short poems (66 lines in all). As to whether these were composed by the same person, or set of ...
, and
Gaius Julius Civilis. Other Julii are descended from the numerous
freedmen
A freedman or freedwoman is a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. Historically, enslaved people were freed by manumission (granted freedom by their captor-owners), abolitionism, emancipation (gra ...
, and it may have been assumed by some out of vanity and ostentation.
Iullus
''Iullus'', also written as ''Iulus'' and ''Jullus'', was the surname of the eldest branch of the Julii to appear in Roman history. The gens claimed descent from Iulus, who was in some manner connected with Aeneas, although the traditions differed with respect to the details.
[''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 656.]
In some accounts, Iulus was the son of Aeneas and Creüsa, who came to Latium from the ruins of
Troy
Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...
, together with his father and others seeking a land in which to settle. In others, Ascanius was the son of Creüsa, while Iulus was the son of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, the king of Latium with whom Aeneas made peace after landing in Italy. In still different accounts, Iulus was the son not of Aeneas, but of Ascanius.
Perhaps an indigenous origin of the name is suggested by the ''
De Origo Gentis Romanae'' of Aurelius Victor, in which Iulus and Ascanius are identical. Described as the son of Jupiter, he was originally known as ''Jobus'', and then ''Julus''. This calls to mind the use of ''Jove'' for
Jupiter
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, and the ''
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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'' suggests that ''Iulus'' might be a diminutive of ''Dius'', which is also the root of ''Jupiter''.
Furthermore, Livy reports that after his death Aeneas was worshiped as ''Jupiter Indiges'', "the local Jove". This suggests the early fusion of the Aeneas story with a local cult hero, said to have been the son of Jupiter.
Irrespective of the historicity of the Iulus of Roman myth, there is little reason to doubt that ''Iullus'' was an ancient personal name, perhaps even a praenomen, and that ''Julius'' is a patronymic surname built upon it. ''Iullus'' seems to be the original and better attested spelling, although the trisyllabic form ''Iulus'' became common after
Vergil
Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: th ...
introduced it in his ''
Aeneid
The ''Aeneid'' ( ; la, Aenē̆is or ) is a Latin Epic poetry, epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Troy, Trojan who fled the Trojan_War#Sack_of_Troy, fall of Troy and travelled to ...
''.
Libo
During the century and a half between the last records of the Julii Iuli and the first appearance of the Julii Caesares, we encounter a
Lucius Julius Libo, consul in BC 267. His surname Chase translates as "sprinkler", deriving it from ''libare'', and suggests that it might originally have signified the libation pourer at religious ceremonies. It is not certain whether the name was personal, or whether the consul inherited it from his father and grandfather, of whom all we know is that they were named Lucius. Some scholars have supposed that Libo was descended from the Julii Iuli, and that Lucius, the father of Sextus Julius Caesar, was his son; but the evidence is very slight.
Caesar
The ''
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
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'' says this of the
cognomen ''Caesar'':
It is uncertain which member of the Julia gens first obtained the surname of ''Caesar'', but the first who occurs in history is Sextus Julius Caesar, praetor
Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected '' magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discharge vario ...
in BC 208. The origin of the name is equally uncertain. Spartianus
The ''Historia Augusta'' (English: ''Augustan History'') is a late Roman collection of biographies, written in Latin, of the Roman emperors, their junior colleagues, designated heirs and usurpers from 117 to 284. Supposedly modeled on the sim ...
, in his life of Aelius Verus
Lucius Aelius Caesar (13 January 101 – 1 January 138) was the father of Emperor Lucius Verus. In 136, he was adopted by Hadrian and named heir to the throne. He died before Hadrian and thus never became emperor. After Lucius' death, he was ...
, mentions four different opinions respecting its origin:
#That the word signified an elephant in the language of the Moors
The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages.
Moors are not a distinct or ...
, and was given as a surname to one of the Julii because he had killed an elephant.
#That it was given to one of the Julii because he had been cut (''caesus'') out of his mother's womb after her death; or
#Because he had been born with a great quantity of hair (''caesaries'') on his head; or
#Because he had azure-colored (''caesii'') eyes of an almost supernatural kind.
Of these opinions, the third, which is also given by Festus
Festus may refer to:
People Ancient world
*Porcius Festus, Roman governor of Judea from approximately 58 to 62 AD
*Sextus Pompeius Festus (later 2nd century), Roman grammarian
*Festus (died 305), martyr along with Proculus of Pozzuoli
*Festus (h ...
, seems to come nearest the truth. ''Caesar'' and ''caesaries'' are both probably connected with the Sanskrit ''kêsa'', "hair", and it is quite in accordance with the Roman custom for a surname to be given to an individual from some peculiarity in his personal appearance. The second opinion, which seems to have been the most popular one with the ancient writers, arose without doubt from a false etymology
A false etymology (fake etymology, popular etymology, etymythology, pseudo-etymology, or par(a)etymology) is a popular but false belief about the origin or derivation of a specific word. It is sometimes called a folk etymology, but this is also a ...
. With respect to the first, which was the one adopted, says Spartianus, by the most learned men, it is impossible to disprove it absolutely, as we know next to nothing of the ancient Moorish language; but it has no inherent probability in it; and the statement of Servius Servius is the name of:
* Servius (praenomen), the personal name
* Maurus Servius Honoratus, a late fourth-century and early fifth-century grammarian
* Servius Tullius, the Roman king
* Servius Sulpicius Rufus, the 1st century BC Roman jurist
See ...
is undoubtedly false, that the grandfather of the dictator obtained the surname on account of killing an elephant with his own hand in Africa, as there were several of the Julii with this name before his time.
An inquiry into the etymology of this name is of some interest, as no other name has ever obtained such celebrity — ''"clarum et duraturum cum aeternitate mundi nomen."'' It was assumed by Augustus as the adopted son of the dictator, and was by Augustus handed down to his adopted son Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...
. It continued to be used by Caligula
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the popular Roman general Germanicu ...
, Claudius
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (; 1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54) was the fourth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 to 54. A member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, Claudius was born to Nero Claudius Drusus, Drusu ...
, and Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...
, as members either by adoption or female descent of Caesar's family; but though the family became extinct with Nero, succeeding emperors still retained it as part of their titles, and it was the practice to prefix it to their own name, as for instance, ''Imperator Caesar Domitianus Augustus''. When Hadrian
Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...
adopted Aelius Verus, he allowed the latter to take the title of ''Caesar''; and from this time, though the title of ''Augustus'' continued to be confined to the reigning prince, that of ''Caesar'' was also granted to the second person in the state and the heir presumptive to the throne.[''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, p. 536.]
Members
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*
Proculus Julius
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, a legendary figure who announced the apotheosis of
Romulus
Romulus () was the legendary foundation of Rome, founder and King of Rome, first king of Ancient Rome, Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus ...
to the Roman people, ''circa'' 716 BC.
Julii Iulli
* Lucius Julius, father of the consul of 489 BC
*
Gaius Julius L. f. Iullus, consul in 489 BC.
*
Gaius Julius C. f. L. n. Iullus, consul in 482 BC, and one of the
decemvirs
The decemviri or decemvirs (Latin for "ten men") were some of the several 10-man commissions established by the Roman Republic.
The most important were those of the two Decemvirates, formally the " decemvirate with consular power for writing ...
in 451.
*
Vopiscus Julius C. f. L. n. Iullus, consul in 473 BC.
['' Fasti Capitolini'', ]
*
Gaius Julius C. f. C. n. Iullus, consul in 447 and 435 BC.
* Spurius Julius Vop. f. C. n. Iullus, father of the consular tribunes of 408, 405, and 403 BC, according to the Capitoline Fasti.
*
Lucius Julius Vop. f. C. n. Iullus,
consular tribune
A consular tribune was putatively a type of magistrate in the early Roman Republic. According to Roman tradition, colleges of consular tribunes held office throughout the fifth and fourth centuries BC during the so-called "Conflict of the Or ...
in 438, and consul in 430 BC.
*
Sextus Julius Iulus
Sextus Julius Iulus was a Tribuni militum consulari potestate, consular tribune of the Roman Republic in 424 BC.
Julius belonged to the Patrician (ancient Rome), patrician Julia gens and the branch known as the Julii Iuli, one of the early republ ...
, consular tribune in 424 BC.
*
Gaius Julius Sp. f. Vop. n. Iullus, consular tribune in 408 and 405 BC, and censor in 393.
*
Lucius Julius Sp. f. Vop. n. Iullus, consular tribune in 403 BC, continued the siege against
Veii
Veii (also Veius; it, Veio) was an important ancient Etruscan city situated on the southern limits of Etruria and north-northwest of Rome, Italy. It now lies in Isola Farnese, in the comune of Rome. Many other sites associated with and in the ...
.
*
Lucius Julius L. f. Vop. n. Iullus, consular tribune in 401 and 397 BC.
*
Lucius Julius Iullus, consular tribune in 388 and 379 BC.
*
Gaius Julius Iullus, nominated
dictator
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in 352 BC, ostensibly to carry on war against the
Etruscans
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, but in fact to carry the election of two patricians in the consular comitia, in violation of the ''lex Licinia Sextia''.
Julii Mentones
*
Gaius Julius Mento
Gaius Julius Mento was a member of the ancient patrician gens Julia, who held the consulship in BC 431.''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, p. 1044.
Family
As Mento's filiation has not been preserved, it is not clear ...
, consul in 431 BC.
* Gaius Julius Mento, a rhetorician, cited by
Seneca
Seneca may refer to:
People and language
* Seneca (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname
* Seneca people, one of the six Iroquois tribes of North America
** Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people
Places Extrat ...
.
Julii Libones
* Lucius Julius Libo, grandfather of the consul of 267 BC.
* Lucius Julius L. f. Libo, father of the consul of 267 BC.
*
Lucius Julius L. f. L. n. Libo, consul in 267 BC, triumphed over the
Sallentini
The Messapians ( grc, Μεσσάπιοι, Messápioi; la, Messapii) were a Iapygians, Iapygian tribe who inhabited Salento in classical antiquity. Two other Iapygian tribes, the Peucetians and the Daunians, inhabited central and northern Apulia ...
.
Julii Caesares
* Lucius Julius (Caesar?), father of the praetor of 208 BC.
*
Sextus Julius (L. f.) Caesar,
praetor
Praetor ( , ), also pretor, was the title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to a man acting in one of two official capacities: (i) the commander of an army, and (ii) as an elected '' magistratus'' (magistrate), assigned to discharge vario ...
in 208 BC, obtained the province of
Sicilia
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, demographics_type1 = Ethnicity
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, demographi ...
, father of the praetor of 166 BC and the consul of 157 BC.
*
Lucius Julius (Sex. f. L. n.) Caesar, praetor in 183 BC, had the province of
Gallia Cisalpina.
* Lucius Julius (L. f. Sex. n.) Caesar, praetor in 166 BC.
*
Sextus Julius Sex. f. L. n. Caesar, consul in 157 BC.
* Gaius Julius (Sex. f. L. n.) Caesar, great-grandfather of the dictator.
* Sextus Julius (Sex. f. Sex. n.) Caesar, praetor ''urbanus'' in 123 BC; he is probably the same Sextus Julius Caesar who was ''
triumvir monetalis
The ''triumvir monetalis'' ( ''tresviri'' or ''triumviri monetales'', also called the , abbreviated IIIVIR A. A. A. F. F.) was a moneyer during the Roman Republic and the Empire, who oversaw the minting of coins. In that role, he would be respons ...
'' about this time.
* Lucius Julius Sex. f. Sex. n. Caesar, father of the consul of 90 BC, married Popillia, widow of Quintus Lutatius Catulus, and mother of
Quintus Lutatius Catulus
Quintus Lutatius Catulus (149–87 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 102 BC. His consular colleague was Gaius Marius. During their consulship the Cimbri and Teutones marched south again and threatened the Republic. While Marius marched ag ...
, consul in 102 BC.
*
Gaius Julius (C. f. Sex. n.) Caesar, grandfather of the dictator, married Marcia.
*
Lucius Julius L. f. Sex. n. Caesar, consul in 90 BC, during the
Social War, and
censor in 89.
*
Julia L. f. L. n., wife of
Marcus Antonius Creticus, and mother of
Mark Antony
Marcus Antonius (14 January 1 August 30 BC), commonly known in English as Mark Antony, was a Roman politician and general who played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic from a constitutional republic into the autoc ...
, the triumvir. After his death, she married
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura, one of
Catiline's conspirators.
*
Gaius Julius L. f. Sex. n. Caesar Strabo Vopiscus, a notable orator and poet, proscribed and put to death by
Marius and
Cinna in 87 BC.
*
Gaius Julius C. f. (C. n.) Caesar, praetor, governor of
Asia
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, and father of the dictator, married Aurelia.
*
Lucius Julius L. f. L. n. Caesar, consul in 64 BC.
*
Lucius Julius L. f. L. n. Caesar, a partisan of
Pompeius
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during the
Civil War
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The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies ...
.
*
Julia C. f. (C. n.), aunt of the dictator, married
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius (; – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbric and Jugurthine wars, he held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his important refor ...
.
*
Sextus Julius C. f. (C. n.) Caesar, consul in 91 BC, uncle of the dictator.
*
Gaius Julius C. f. C. n. Caesar, consul in 59, 48, 46, 45, and 44 BC, dictator in 49, and from 47 to 44 BC.
*
Julia C. f. C. n., elder sister of the dictator, and wife of Lucius Pinarius and Quintus Pedius.
*
Julia C. f. C. n., younger sister of the dictator, and wife of
Marcus Atius Balbus
Marcus Atius Balbus (105 – 51 BC) was a 1st-century BC Roman who served as a praetor in 62 BC, he was a cousin of the general Pompey on his mother's side and a brother-in-law of the Dictator Julius Caesar through his marriage to Caesar's sister ...
.
*
Julia C. f. C. n., daughter of the dictator, and wife of
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
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.
*
Caesarion
Ptolemy XV Caesar). (; grc-gre, Πτολεμαῖος ; 23 June 47 BC – August 30 BC), nicknamed Caesarion (, "Little Caesar"), was the last pharaoh of Ptolemaic Egypt, reigning with his mother Cleopatra from 2 September 44 BC until her de ...
, the son of the dictator by
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Philopator ( grc-gre, Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ}, "Cleopatra the father-beloved"; 69 BC10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler.She was also a ...
, executed by order of Augustus in 30 BC.
* Sextus Julius Sex. f. C. n. Caesar, ''
Flamen Quirinalis'' in 57 BC.
*
Sextus Julius Sex. f. Sex. n. Caesar, appointed governor of
Syria
Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...
in 47 BC, killed in a revolt of the soldiers.
*
Gaius Julius C. f. C. n. Caesar Octavianus, adopted son of the dictator, afterwards the emperor Augustus.
Julio-Claudian dynasty
*
Imperator Caesar divi f. C. n. Augustus, emperor from 27 BC to AD 14.
['' Fasti Capitolini'']
*
Julia Augusta, empress of Augustus, and mother of the emperor Tiberius.
*
Julia C. f. C. n., daughter of Augustus by his second wife,
Scribonia, married first
Marcus Claudius Marcellus, second
Marcus Agrippa
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law, and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. He was responsible for the construction of some of the most notable build ...
, and lastly, the emperor Tiberius.
*
Gaius (Julius) Caesar Augusti f. divi n., the eldest son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, adopted by Augustus.
[
* Lucius (Julius) Caesar Augusti f. divi n., the second son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, adopted by Augustus.
* Marcus Julius Caesar Agrippa Postumus Augusti f. divi n., the third son of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, adopted by Augustus.
* Tiberius Caesar Augusti f. divi n. Augustus, emperor from AD 14 to 37.][
* Drusus Julius Ti. f. Caesar, son of the emperor Tiberius, was probably poisoned in AD 23 by ]Sejanus
Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC – 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (), was a Roman soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Of the Equites class by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Praetorian Guar ...
.
* Tiberius Julius Caesar Nero Gemellus, son of Drusus, was killed by the emperor Caligula.
* Germanicus Julius Ti. f. Caesar, nephew of Tiberius.
* Gaius Julius Caesar, son of Germanicus, died in early childhood.
* Nero Julius Caesar
Nero Julius Caesar (c. AD 6–31) was the adopted grandson and heir of the Roman Emperor Tiberius, alongside his brother Drusus. Born into the prominent Julio-Claudian dynasty, Nero was the son of Tiberius' general and heir, Germanicus. After t ...
, son of Germanicus, was exiled during the reign of Tiberius and died under unclear circumstances in AD 31.
* Drusus Julius Caesar, son of Germanicus, was likewise exiled by Tiberius, and is said to have starved to death in AD 33.
* Gaius (Julius) Caesar Germanicus, son of Germanicus, better known as ''Caligula'', emperor from AD 37 to 41.
* Julia Agrippina
Julia Agrippina (6 November AD 15 – 23 March AD 59), also referred to as Agrippina the Younger, was Roman empress from 49 to 54 AD, the fourth wife and niece of Emperor Claudius.
Agrippina was one of the most prominent women in the Julio-Claud ...
, daughter of Germanicus, and mother of the emperor Nero
Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...
.
* Julia Drusilla
Julia Drusilla (16 September AD 16 – 10 June AD 38) was a member of the Roman imperial family, the second daughter and fifth child of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder to survive infancy. She was the favorite sister of Emperor Caligula, wh ...
, daughter of Germanicus, married first Lucius Cassius Longinus, and second Marcus Aemilius Lepidus.
* Julia Livilla, daughter of Germanicus, married Marcus Vinicius, consul in AD 30.
* Julia C. f. Drusilla, daughter of Caligula, was murdered by the Praetorian Guard in AD 41.
Others
First century BC
* Lucius Julius Bursio, ''triumvir monetalis
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'' in 85 BC.
* Julius Polyaenus, a contemporary of Caesar, and the author of four epigrams in the Anthologia Graeca
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.
* Lucius Julius Calidus, a poet in the final years of the Republic, proscribed by Volumnius, the partisan of Marcus Antonius, but saved through the intercession of Atticus.
* Gaius Julius Hyginus
Gaius Julius Hyginus (; 64 BC – AD 17) was a Latin author, a pupil of the scholar Alexander Polyhistor, and a freedman of Caesar Augustus. He was elected superintendent of the Palatine library by Augustus according to Suetonius' ''De Grammatic ...
, a freedman of Augustus, appointed head of the Palatine library, and the author of numerous books about history, mythology, and science.
* Julius Modestus, a freedman of Gaius Julius Hyginus, who became a distinguished grammarian, and the author of ''Quaestiones Confusae''.
* Julius Marathas, a freedman of Augustus, who wrote a life of his master.
* Marcus Julius Cottius, king of several Alpine tribes of the Ligures, submitted to Augustus
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and granted the title of Praefectus.
First century
* Julius Florus
Three main sets of works are attributed to Florus (a Roman cognomen): ''Virgilius orator an poeta'', an Epitome of Roman History and a collection of 14 short poems (66 lines in all). As to whether these were composed by the same person, or set of ...
, an orator, jurist, poet, and either the author or editor of several satires during the reign of Augustus. He accompanied Tiberius to Armenia, and may have been the uncle of Julius Secundus, and perhaps the friend of Quintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (; 35 – 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilia ...
, who calls him an eminent orator of Gaul
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.
* Julius Florus, leader of an insurrection of the Treveri
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during the reign of Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...
.
* Julius Sacrovir, a leader of the Aedui, who together with Julius Florus revolted in AD 21.
* Julius Secundus Florus
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, an orator and friend of Quintilian, and nephew of the Gallic orator.
* Julius Montanus, a senator, poet, and friend of Tiberius, cited by both the elder
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and younger Seneca. After the emperor Nero
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assaulted him in the dark, Montanus resisted forcefully before recognizing his attacker and begging for mercy, but he was compelled to commit suicide.
* Sextus Julius Postumus
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, used by Sejanus
Lucius Aelius Sejanus (c. 20 BC – 18 October AD 31), commonly known as Sejanus (), was a Roman soldier, friend and confidant of the Roman Emperor Tiberius. Of the Equites class by birth, Sejanus rose to power as prefect of the Praetorian Guar ...
in one of his schemes, AD 23.
* Julius Africanus, of the Gallic state of the Santones
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Name
These people are noted as ''Santonum'', ''Santonos'' and ''Santoni ...
, was condemned by Tiberius in AD 32.
* Julius Celsus, a tribune of the city cohort, was condemned to death under Tiberius, but broke his own neck in prison, in order to avoid a public execution.
* Julius Canus, a Stoic philosopher, condemned to death by the emperor Caligula
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula (), was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 until his assassination in 41. He was the son of the popular Roman general Germanicu ...
. He had promised to appear to his friends after his death, and fulfilled his promise by appearing to one of them in a vision.
* Julius Graecinus
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, a writer on botany, and the father of Gnaeus Julius Agricola, was put to death by Caligula.
* Gaius Julius Callistus
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, a freedman
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of Caligula, influential during his reign and that of Claudius
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.
* Gaius Julius Sex. f. Postumus, governor
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of Egypt from AD 45 to 48.
* Marcus Julius Romulus, adlected into the Senate after serving as tribune of the plebs, also served as legate
Legate may refer to:
*Legatus, a higher ranking general officer of the Roman army drawn from among the senatorial class
:*Legatus Augusti pro praetore, a provincial governor in the Roman Imperial period
*A member of a legation
*A representative, ...
of the Legio XV Apollinaris, and proconsul of Macedonia.
* Gaius Julius M. f. Donnus, son of Marcus Julius Cottius, prefect of the Ligures, fought for Tiberius
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was the second Roman emperor. He reigned from AD 14 until 37, succeeding his stepfather, the first Roman emperor Augustus. Tiberius was born in Rome in 42 BC. His father ...
.
* Marcus Julius M. f. Cottius, another son of Marcus Julius Cottius, prefect of the Ligures, was granted title of king by the emperor Claudius.
* Julius Pelignus, Procurator of Cappadocia
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According to Herodotus, in the time of the Ionian Revo ...
in the reign of Claudius, AD 52.
* Julius Bassus, said by the elder Plinius to have written a medical work in Greek.
* Gaius Julius Aquila
Gaius Julius Aquila was the name of a number of people who lived during the Roman Empire.
Prefect of Egypt
Gaius Julius Aquila was a ''praefectus'' of Roman Egypt between 10 CE and 11.
Governor of Bythinia et Pontus
Gaius Julius Aquila was a Rom ...
, an eques
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* Equites, a member of the Roman Equestrian order
* the Latin word for a knight
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, sent to protect Cotys, King of the Bosporus
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, in AD 50.
* Julius Densus, an eques during the reign of Nero
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, accused of being too favorably disposed towards Britannicus
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 – 11 February AD 55), usually called Britannicus, was the son of Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messalina. For a time he was considered his father's heir, but that ...
in AD 56.
* Julius Diocles of Carystus, author of four epigrams in the Greek Anthology
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.
* Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus, procurator of Britannia
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from AD 61 to 65.
* Julia Pacata, the wife of Classicanus.
* Julius Indus
Julius Indus was a nobleman of the Gaulish Treveri tribe. In 21 CE he helped the Romans put down a rebellion of the Treveri and Aedui. Indus had a personal vendetta with one of the leaders in the revolt, Julius Florus. Culminating in a confrontatio ...
, a cavalry commander of the Treveri, and the father-in-law of Classicanus.
* Julius Africanus, a celebrated orator in the reign of Nero.
* Lucius Julius Rufus, consul in AD 67. His death is related by the elder Pliny.
* Gaius Julius Vindex, one of the chief supporters of Galba
Galba (; born Servius Sulpicius Galba; 24 December 3 BC – 15 January AD 69) was the sixth Roman emperor, ruling from AD 68 to 69. After his adoption by his stepmother, and before becoming emperor, he was known as Livius Ocella Sulpicius Ga ...
, led the rebellion against Nero.
* Julius Fronto
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, a supporter of Otho, put in chains by the soldiers because his brother, Julius Gratus, was a supporter of Vitellius.
* Julius Gratus
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, prefect of the camp in the army of Aulus Caecina Alienus
Aulus Caecina Alienus ( 40 – 79) was a Roman general active during the Year of the Four Emperors.
Biography
Caecina was born in Vicetia (modern Vicenza) around 40 A.D. He was ''quaestor'' of Hispania Baetica (southern Iberia) in 68 A.D. On the d ...
, the general of Vitellius, was put in chains by the soldiers because his brother, Julius Fronto, supported Otho.
* Julius Carus, one of the murderers of Titus Vinius when the emperor Galba was put to death in AD 69.
* Gaius Julius Civilis, leader of the Batavian Rebellion in AD 69.
* Julius Classicus
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, of the Treveri, who with Civilis was one of the leaders of the Batavian Rebellion.
* Julius Paulus
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, the brother of Civilis, was put to death on a false charge of treason by Gaius Fonteius Capito, the governor of Germania Inferior.
* Julius Briganticus
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, a nephew of Civilis, who fought under Cerealis
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in Germania
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, and fell in battle in AD 71.
* Julius Sabinus
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, of the Lingones, joined in the revolt of the Batavi.
* Julius Tutor
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, of the Treviri, joined in the rebellion of Classicus.
* Julius Calenus, of the Aedui, a partisan of Vitellius, was sent to Gaul
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as proof of the emperor's defeat at Cremona
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in AD 69.
* Julius Priscus
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, appointed Praetorian Prefect
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by Vitellius in AD 69, he failed to hold the passes of the Apennines, and returned to Rome in disgrace.
* Julius Placidus Julius Placidus was a Roman military tribune in the 1st century.
During Vespasian's capture of Rome in the Year of the Four Emperors, Placidus dragged the emperor Vitellius
Aulus Vitellius (; ; 24 September 1520 December 69) was Roman emperor f ...
, tribune of a cohort in the army of Vespasian
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, who dragged Vitellius from his hiding place.
* Julius Burdo, commander of the Roman fleet in Germania, in AD 70. Previously suspected by the soldiers of having a hand in the death of Gaius Fonteius Capito, he was protected by Vitellius.
* Sextus Julius Gabinianus, a celebrated rhetorician who taught in Gaul during the time of Vespasian, and was spoken of by Suetonius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (), commonly referred to as Suetonius ( ; c. AD 69 – after AD 122), was a Roman historian who wrote during the early Imperial era of the Roman Empire.
His most important surviving work is a set of biographies ...
in ''De Claris Rhetoribus''.
* Julia Procilla, the mother of Agricola.
* Gnaeus Julius Agricola
Gnaeus Julius Agricola (; 13 June 40 – 23 August 93) was a Roman general and politician responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain. Born to a political family of senatorial rank, Agricola began his military career as a military tribun ...
, consul in AD 77, the conqueror of Britannia.
* Julius Cerealis, a poet, and a friend and contemporary of the younger Pliny and Martial
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and ...
.
* Tiberius Julius Lupus
Tiberius Julius Lupus (died AD 73) was a member of the equestrian class who was ''praefectus'' or governor of Roman Egypt from 71 to 73. He was the older brother of Lucius Julius Ursus; their father was Julius Lupus, the brother-in-law of the p ...
, governor of Roman Egypt
, conventional_long_name = Roman Egypt
, common_name = Egypt
, subdivision = Province
, nation = the Roman Empire
, era = Late antiquity
, capital = Alexandria
, title_leader = Praefectus Augustalis
, image_map = Roman E ...
from 71 to 73.
* Lucius Julius Marinus, governor of Bithynia and Pontus at some point between AD 85 and 89.
* Julius Rufus, a writer of satires, contemporary with Martial.
* Sextus Julius Frontinus
Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube ...
, twice consul in the late first century, and author of '' De Aquaeductu''.
* Gaius Junius Silanus, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 92.['' Fasti Ostienses'', .]['' Fasti Potentini'', .]
* Julius Naso, a friend of both the younger Pliny and Tacitus
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The surviving portions of his t ...
, who were interested in his success as a candidate for public office.
* Julius Calvaster, a military tribune who took part in the rebellion of Lucius Antonius Saturninus
Lucius Antonius Saturninus was a Roman senator and general during the reign of Vespasian and his sons. While governor of the province called Germania Superior, motivated by a personal grudge against Emperor Domitian, he led a rebellion known as ...
, but was pardoned by Domitian
Domitian (; la, Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian and the younger brother of Titus, his two predecessors on the throne, he was the last member of the Flavi ...
.
* Julius Ferox, consul ''suffectus'' from the Kalends of November in AD 100, and subsequently Curator of the Banks and Courses of the Tiber, and of the Cloaca Maxima. He is sometimes confused with the jurist Urseius Ferox.
Second century
* Lucius Julius Ursus, consul in AD 84, 98, and 100.
* Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus, Gaius Julius Servilius Ursus Servianus, the brother-in-law of Hadrian
Hadrian (; la, Caesar Trâiānus Hadriānus ; 24 January 76 – 10 July 138) was Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born in Italica (close to modern Santiponce in Spain), a Roman ''municipium'' founded by Italic settlers in Hispania B ...
, and consul in AD 107, 111, and 136.
* Gaius Julius Lacer, an architect during the reign of Trajan. His name is inscribed upon Alcántara Bridge, the famous bridge over the Tagus, which he built, and which still stands.
* Gaius Julius Africanus, grandson of the orator, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 108.
* Philopappos, Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus, a prince of Kingdom of Commagene, Commagene, consul ''suffectus'' in AD 109.
* Julius Severianus, a rhetorician in the time of Hadrian, and the author of ''Syntomata'', or ''Praecepta Artis Rhetoricae''.
* Sextus Julius Severus, governor of Britannia and Bithynia under Hadrian, was sent to Iudaea Province, Judaea to suppress the Bar Kokhba revolt.
* Julius Gallus Aquila, Julius Aquila, a jurist, probably of the late second century.
* Lucius Julius Aquila, the author of ''De Etrusca Disciplina'', a work on Etruscan religion.
* Julius Vestinus, a sophist, who made an abridgement of the lexicon of Pamphilus of Alexandria, Pamphilus.
* Julius Pollux, a Greek sophist and grammarian, and a teacher of grammar and rhetoric at Athens during the reign of Commodus.
* Julius Titianus, a scholar and writer of the late second century, and the father of the rhetorician Titianus.
* Julius Titianus, a rhetorician, and tutor of the younger Gaius Julius Verus Maximus, Maximinus.
* Julius Solon, purchased the rank of Roman senate, senator under Commodus, but put to death by Septimius Severus, at the commencement of his reign.
* Julius Crispus, a distinguished tribune of the Praetorian Guard, capriciously put to death by Septimius Severus during the Roman-Parthian Wars, Parthian War in AD 199.
* Julius Rufus, a nobiles, nobilis, slain by Septimius Severus.
*Lucius Julius Julianus, legate of the Legio II Augusta.
Third century
* Julius Frontinus, a Latin rhetorician, who gave instruction in his art to Severus Alexander.[Aelius Lampridius, "The Life of Alexander Severus", 3.]
* Julius Granianus, a rhetorician at the time of Severus Alexander, who was instructed by him in rhetoric.
* Julius Paulus Prudentissimus, Julius Paulus, a distinguished jurist and prolific writer on the law, during the early third century.
* Julius Martialis, joined the conspiracy against the emperor Caracalla, whom he killed with his own hand, before being slain by the emperor's Scythian guards.
* Sextus Julius Africanus, a chronographer and Christian writer of the early third century.
* Gaius Julius Solinus, a grammarian and geographer, probably of the early third century.
* Aquilia Severa, Julia Aquilia Severa, a Vestal Virgin, scandalously taken as a wife by the emperor Elagabalus.
* Gaius Julius Maximinus, equestrian governor of Mauretania Tingitana, between AD 222 and 235.
* Maximinus Thrax, Gaius Julius Verus Maximinus, surnamed ''Thrax'', emperor from AD 235 to 238.
* Philip the Arab, Marcus Julius Philippus, also known as Philip the Arab, emperor from AD 244 to 249.
* Philippus II, Marcus Julius M. f. Philippus, emperor with his father from AD 247 to 249.
* Gaius Julius Saturninus, a name assigned to the younger Marcus Julius Philippus by Aurelius Victor.
* Quintus Julius Gallienus, a son of the emperor Gallienus, who probably predeceased his father.
* Julius Aterianus, said to have written a history of Victorinus, and perhaps others of the ''Thirty Tyrants (Roman), Thirty Tyrants''.
* Julius Saturninus, usurper against the emperor Probus (emperor), Probus in AD 280.
Fourth century
* Julius Capitolinus, the supposed author of nine biographies in the ''Augustan History, Historia Augusta''.
* Crispus, Flavius Julius Crispus, son of the emperor Constantine I; a distinguished soldier, he was put to death at the instigation of his stepmother in AD 326.
* Julius Firmicus Maternus, a fourth-century astrologer and writer on the subject of paganism, profane religions.
* Pope Julius I, Julius I, Pope from AD 337 to 352.
* Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius, a historian who translated a Greek life of Alexander the Great; he is likely the same Polemius who was consul in AD 338.
* Julius Obsequens, perhaps of the fourth century, an author of a tract known as ''De Prodigiis'', or ''Prodigiorum Libellus'', describing various prodigies and phenomena found in the works of earlier writers.
* Gaius Julius Victor, a rhetorician of the fourth century.
* Julius Ausonius, an eminent physician, and prefect, praefectus of Illyricum (Roman province), Illyricum under the emperor Valentinian I.
* Ausonius, (Julius) Ausonius, also called Decimus Magnus Ausonius, son of the physician, a celebrated poet.
* Julia Dryadia, daughter of the physician Julius Ausonius.
* Julius Rufinianus, a Latin rhetorician of uncertain date, and the author of a treatise called ''De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis''.
* Julius Paris, author of an epitome of Valerius Maximus, written perhaps in the fourth or fifth century.
Fifth century and after
* Majorian, Julius Valerius Majorianus, emperor from AD 457 to 461.
* Julius Nepos, emperor in AD 474 and 475.
* Julius Exsuperantius, a late Roman historian, probably of the fifth or sixth century; his tract, ''De Marii, Lepidi, ac Sertorii Bellis Civilibus'' may have been abridged from the histories of Sallust.
* Claudius Julius or Joläus, a Greek historian of unknown date, wrote works on Phoenicia and the Peloponnese, Peloponnesus.
* Julius Celsus, a scholar at Constantinople in the seventh century, who made a recension of the text of Caesar's commentaries.[''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. I, p. 661.]
See also
* List of Roman gentes
Notes
References
Citations
Bibliography
* Diodorus Siculus, ''Bibliotheca historica, Bibliotheca Historica'' (Library of History).
* Titus Livius (Livy), ''Ab Urbe Condita Libri, History of Rome''.
* Dionysius of Halicarnassus, ''Romaike Archaiologia'' (Roman Antiquities).
* Cicero, Marcus Tullius Cicero, ''De Haruspicum Responsis''.
* Cornelius Nepos, ''De Viris Illustribus'' (On the Lives of Famous Men).
* Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid), ''Fasti (poem), Fasti''.
* Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Elder), ''Controversiae''.
* Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger), ''De Beneficiis'', ''Epistulae morales ad Lucilium, Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium'' (Moral Letters to Lucilius).
* Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the Elder), ''Natural History (Pliny), Naturalis Historia'' (Natural History).
* Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger), ''Epistulae (Pliny), Epistulae'' (Letters).
* Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial
Marcus Valerius Martialis (known in English as Martial ; March, between 38 and 41 AD – between 102 and 104 AD) was a Roman poet from Hispania (modern Spain) best known for his twelve books of ''Epigrams'', published in Rome between AD 86 and ...
), ''Epigrams''.
* Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (; 35 – 100 AD) was a Roman educator and rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in medieval schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing. In English translation, he is usually referred to as Quintilia ...
), ''Institutio Oratoria'' (Institutes of Oratory).
* Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, ''Annals (Tacitus), Annales'', ''Dialogus de oratoribus, Dialogus de Oratoribus'' (Dialogue on Oratory).
* Publius Cornelius Tacitus, ''Histories (Tacitus), Historiae''.
* Publius Cornelius Tacitus, ''Agricola (book), De vita et moribus Iulii Agricolae'' (On the Life and Mores of Julius Agricola).
* Publius Cornelius Tacitus, ''Dialogus de oratoribus, Dialogus de Oratoribus'' (Dialogue on Oratory).
* Suetonius, Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus, ''De Claris Rhetoribus'' (The Eminent Orators); ''De Illustribus Grammaticis'' (The Illustrious Grammarians); ''The Twelve Caesars, De Vita Caesarum'' (Lives of the Caesars, or The Twelve Caesars).
* Aulus Gellius, ''Noctes Atticae'' (Attic Nights).
* Sextus Pompeius Festus, epitome of Marcus Verrius Flaccus, ''De Verborum Significatu''.
* Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus (Cassius Dio), ''Roman History''.
* Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Chronicon (Eusebius), Chronicon''.
* Aelius Lampridius, Aelius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Trebellius Pollio, et al., ''Historia Augusta''.
* Aurelius Victor, Sextus Aurelius Victor, ''De Caesaribus'' (On the Caesars); ''De Origo Gentis Romanae'' (On the Origin of the Roman People); ''Epitome de Caesaribus'' (attributed).
* Ausonius, Decimius Magnus Ausonius, ''Epigrammata de Diversis Rebus'' (Epigrams about Various Things).
* Maurus Servius Honoratus, ''Ad Virgilii Aeneidem Commentarii'' (Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid).
* Sidonius Apollinaris, Gaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, ''Epistulae''.
* Macrobius, Macrobius Ambrosius Theodosius, ''Saturnalia''.
* Stephanus of Byzantium, ''Ethnica''.
* Isidore of Seville, Isidorus Hispalensis, ''Etymologiae, Origines''.
* ''Suda''.
* Jan Gruter, ''Inscriptiones Antiquae Totius Orbis Romani'', Heidelberg (1603).
* ''Anthologia Graeca'' (The Greek Anthology
The ''Greek Anthology'' ( la, Anthologia Graeca) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Classical and Byzantine periods of Greek literature. Most of the material of the ''Greek Anthology'' comes from two manuscripts, the ''Pa ...
), ed. Tauchnitz.
* Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, ''Doctrina Numorum Veterum''.
* Barthold Georg Niebuhr, ''The History of Rome'', Julius Charles Hare and Connop Thirlwall, trans., John Smith, Cambridge (1828).
* Angelo Mai, ''Classici Auctores e Vaticanis Codicibus Editi'' (Classical Authors Published by the Vatican), Rome, (1835).
* ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' (1849, originally published 1844 under a slightly different title) is an encyclopedia/biographical dictionary. Edited by William Smith, the dictionary spans three volumes and 3,700 p ...
'', William Smith (lexicographer), William Smith, ed., Little, Brown and Company, Boston (1849).
* Theodor Mommsen ''et alii'', ''Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum'' (The Body of Latin Inscriptions, abbreviated ''CIL''), Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1853–present).
* René Cagnat ''et alii'', ''L'Année épigraphique'' (The Year in Epigraphy, abbreviated ''AE''), Presses Universitaires de France (1888–present).
* George Davis Chase, "The Origin of Roman Praenomina", in ''Harvard Studies in Classical Philology'', vol. VIII (1897).
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* Thomas Robert Shannon Broughton, T. Robert S. Broughton, ''The Magistrates of the Roman Republic'', American Philological Association (1952).
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* Guido Bastianini,
Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto dal 30a al 299p
, in ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', vol. 17 (1975).
* J.E.H. Spaul,
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, in ''Antiquités Africaines'', vol. 30 (1994).
* Miriam Griffin
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