Julia gens
Sign in to saveAlso known as Julii, Gens Julia, Gens Iulia, Iulii, Iulia gens, Ivlii, gens Ivlia, Ivlia gens
Roman gens
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- gens
- Country
- Ancient Rome
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- Commons category
- Gens Julia
- topic's main category
- Category:Julii
- native label
- gens Iulia
- time period
- classical antiquity
- language of work or name
- Latin
- significant place
- Altinum
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Encyclopedic overview
Bust of Caesar, 44–30 BC, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums The gens Julia was one of the most prominent patrician families of ancient Rome. From the early decades of the Republic, members of this gens served in the highest offices of the Roman state, beginning with Gaius Julius Iulus, consul in 489 BC. However, the Julii are perhaps best known for Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator and adoptive father of the emperor Augustus, through whom the name was passed to the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the first century AD. The nomen Julius became very common in imperial times, as the descendants of persons enrolled as citizens under the early emperors began to make their mark in history.
Origin
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