- Lucius Julius Caesar
In Ancient Rome, several men of the
Julii Caesares family were named Lucius Julius Caesar. Distinct by theirpraenomen , "Lucius", none of these members of the Julii Caesares family can be confused with their distant relative and much more famous Gaius Julius Caesar, the Roman who conquered Gaul, became dictator for life, and then was murdered by Roman senators.Lucius Julius Caesar I
Son of
Numerius Julius Caesar and father to Sextus Julius Caesar I. Lucius was a great-grandson toLucius Julius Libo .Lucius Julius Caesar II
Son of Sextus Julius Caesar II. Married
Poppilia . They had 2 sons Lucius Julius Caesar III andGaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus .Lucius Julius Caesar III
Lucius Julius Caesar III (c.
135 BC –87 BC ) was a son of Lucius Julius Caesar II, and elder brother toGaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus .Lucius, consul in 90 BC, proposed Roman Citizenship laws to allies who didn’t participate in the Social War against Rome in 90 BC. This proposal became known as the "Julian Law". During his consulship Lucius Caesar commanded one of the armies Rome employed against the Italians with mixed success as he was beaten a few times but was able to repulse an attack on his camp. He was elected censor in 89 BC
Lucius and his brother were killed together in 87 BC at the beginning of the Civil War by partisans of
Gaius Marius .His children were Lucius Julius Caesar IV and
Julia Antonia .Lucius Julius Caesar IV
Son of
Lucius Julius Caesar III . Died after43 BC .Consul of64 BC . During the debate in the senate with regards to the punishment of the Catalinarian conspirators, he voted for the death penalty although his own brother-in-lawPublius Cornelius Lentulus (Sura) was amongst them. He was a legate inGaul in52 BC and a high priest. After the conquest of Gaul he moved againstPompey . He accompaniedJulius Caesar into civil war. After Caesar's assassination he allied with his nephewMark Antony . He and his nephew fell out in43 BC , and he was proscribed by Marc Anthony but the pleas of his sister saved himself from the death penalty.;References
* [http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0547.html L. julius L. f. L. n. caesar entry in Smith's "Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology" (Nr. 11 in v. 1, page 538) at "The Ancient Library" website]Lucius Julius Caesar V
Son of the Lucius Julius Caesar IV. Unlike his father on the outbreak of the civil war he chose to ally himself with the Pompeians against Caesar. In the early stages he was employed by both sides as a messenger bringing offers of negotiation which came to nothing. In 49 BC he fled to Africa where he served as
proquaestor to Cato in 46 BC. After theBattle of Thapsus , he surrendered to Caesar, being killed not long after. It's not clear whether he was killed on the orders of Caesar or whether he fell a victim to the fury of the dictator's soldiers.Lucius Caesar
Lucius Caesar (17 BC -2 ), was born Lucius Vipsanius Agrippa, as a son ofMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa andJulia the Elder . Later he was adopted by his maternal grandfatherAugustus : from that moment his full name was Lucius Julius Caesar.ee also
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Julius Caesar (disambiguation)
*Julio-Claudian family tree
*Julio-Claudian dynasty "'
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