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Julia Caesaris (
Classical Latin : IVLIA•CAESARIS) is the name of all women in theJulii Caesares patrician family (a subdivision of the Julii family), since feminine names were their father's "gens" and "cognomen" declined in the female form. (Male members of the Julii Caesares includeJulius Caesar andCaesar Augustus .)Several Juliae Caesares are cited by the ancient sources, notably the following:Immediate relations of Julius Caesar
Paternal aunt
Julia Caesaris (d.
69 BC ) was the paternal aunt ofJulius Caesar and the wife ofGaius Marius .Cousin
Julia Caesaris (approx.
104 BC – after39 BC ), known in the sources as Julia Antonia to distinguish her from the others, was the wife ofMarcus Antonius Creticus and mother of Gaius andLucius Antonius andMark Antony , the triumvir.isters
Julius Caesar had two elder sisters and both were called Julia Caesaris. Not much is known, on the elder sister. The younger sister (
101 BC -51 BC ), became the grandmother ofAugustus .Daughter
Julius Caesar's only legitimate child to survive to adulthood, married strategically to
Pompey to cement theFirst Triumvirate , died in childbirth in54 BC .Immediate relations of Augustus
Augustus' daughter
Julia Caesaris (
October 39 BC -AD14 ), also known as Julia the Elder, was the only child ofAugustus , from his second marriage withScribonia .Augustus' granddaughter
Daughter of the previous, a.k.a. Julia Caesaris minor (or "the Younger"), a.k.a. Vipsania Julia.
Offspring of Drusus the Younger
Daughter of Drusus
Julia (5 - 43), was the daughter of
Julius Caesar Drusus andLivilla . She was the elder sister toTiberius Gemellus and the biological granddaughter ofTiberius . Her birth name is Claudia Livia Julia Helen Caesaris. She is also known as Julia Drusi Caesaris Filia and Livia Julia.Offspring of Germanicus
Germanicus (a member of thegens Claudius by birth) was adopted in the family of the "Julii Caesares".Eldest daughter of Germanicus
Julia Agrippina or Agrippina Minor ("Minor" Latin for "the younger", 15 - 59). Despite the adoption of her father,
Agrippina the Younger is rarely indicated by the "Julia Caesaris" reference.econd daughter of Germanicus
Julia Drusilla or Drusilla (16 - 38) was the first younger sister to Agrippina the Younger and beloved sister to
Caligula . Caligula's daughter,Julia Drusilla is named after her.Youngest daughter of Germanicus
Julia Livilla or Julia Livia (18 - late 41 or early 42) is also rarely indicated by the "Julia Caesaris" reference.Fictional
*Julia Caesaris, niece of
Julius Caesar in theSPQR series ee also
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Julio-Claudian family tree
*Women in Rome
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