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Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator
The Julii Caesares were the most illustrious family of the patrician gens Julia. The family first appears in history during the Second Punic War, when Sextus Julius Caesar was praetor in Sicily. His son, Sextus Julius Caesar, obtained the consulship in 157 BC; but the most famous descendant of this stirps is Gaius Julius Caesar, a general who conquered Gaul and became the undisputed master of Rome following the Civil War. Having been granted dictatorial power by the Roman Senate and instituting a number of political and social reforms, he was assassinated in 44 BC. After overcoming several rivals, Caesar's adopted son and heir, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, was proclaimed Augustus by the senate, inaugurating what became the Julio-Claudian line of Roman emperors.
The JuliiCaesares were the most illustrious family of the patrician gens Julia. The family first appears in history during the Second Punic War, when...
century and a half between the last records of the Julii Iuli and the first appearance of the JuliiCaesares, we encounter a Lucius Julius Libo, consul in...
any difficulty with the birth. Despite their ancient pedigree, the JuliiCaesares were not especially politically influential during the middle republic...
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of...
title of Caesar, which in turn is derived from the personal name of the JuliiCaesares, a branch of the gens (clan) Julia, to which Gaius Julius Caesar, the...
as the next emperor. Caligula's death marked the official end of the JuliiCaesares in the male line, though the Julio-Claudian dynasty continued to rule...
For instance, Vopiscus was used as both praenomen and cognomen in the JuliiCaesares; likewise Nero among the early imperial Claudii, several of whom used...
called either Ilia or Julia. If the latter, he may have married into the JuliiCaesares. He had one child from this union, before his first wife's death. He...
probably represents a genealogical link between the Julii of the early Republic and the JuliiCaesares, who flourished from the time of the Second Punic...
Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus (/taɪˈbɪəriəs/, ty-BEER-ee-əs; 16 November 42 BC – 16 March AD 37) was Roman emperor from AD 14 until 37. He succeeded...
Livia Drusilla (30 January 59 BC – AD 29) was Roman empress from 27 BC to AD 14 as the wife of emperor Augustus. She was known as Julia Augusta after her...
Julia the Elder (30 October 39 BC – AD 14), known to her contemporaries as Julia Caesaris filia or Julia Augusti filia (Classical Latin: IVLIA•CAESARIS•FILIA...
to which he was related on his mother's side. His connection to the JuliiCaesares was further consolidated through a marriage between him and 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...
Gaius Caesar (/ˈsiːzər/; 20 BC – 21 February 4 AD) was a grandson and heir to the throne of Roman emperor Augustus, alongside his younger brother Lucius...
his return, but he did marry Julia, the aunt of Julius Caesar. The JuliiCaesares were a patrician family, but at this period seem to have found it hard...
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