Julia Caesaris
Julia Caesaris (
Classical Latin:
IVLIA•CAESARIS) is the name of all women in the
Julii 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 include
Julius Caesar and
Caesar Augustus.)Several Juliae Caesares are cited by the ancient sources, notably the following:
Paternal aunt
Julia Caesaris (d.
69 BC) was the paternal aunt of
Julius Caesar and the wife of
Gaius Marius.
Cousin
Julia Caesaris (approx.
104 BC –
40 BC), known in the sources as
Julia Antonia to distinguish her from the others, was the wife of
Marcus Antonius Creticus and mother of
Gaius and
Lucius Antonius and
Mark Antony, the triumvir.
Sisters
Both of the two sisters of
Julius Caesar survived childhood and were known as
Julia Caesaris. The elder of the two sisters married, but in what order is uncertain, L. Pinarius, of a very ancient patrician family, and Q. Pedius, by each of whom she had at least one son. The younger sister (
101 BC-
51 BC), became the grandmother of
Augustus.
Daughter
Julius Caesar's only legitimate child to survive to adulthood, married strategically to
Pompey to cement the
First Triumvirate, died in childbirth in
54 BC.
Augustus' daughter
Julia Caesaris (
25 October 39 BC-AD
14), also known as
Julia the Elder, was the only child of
Augustus, from his second marriage with
Scribonia.
Augustus' granddaughter
Daughter of the previous, a.k.a.
Julia Caesaris minor (or "the Younger"), a.k.a.
Vipsania Julia.
Daughter of Drusus
Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger) a.k.a.
Julia Drusi Caesaris filia,
Livia Julia,
Julia Livilla (c. 5 - c. 43), was the daughter of
Drusus the Younger and
Livilla and granddaughter of
Tiberius.
Germanicus (a member of the
Claudii by birth) was adopted in the family of the
Julii CaesaresEldest daughter of Germanicus
Despite the adoption of her father,
Agrippina the Younger (
Agrippina minor, 15â€"59)) is rarely indicated by the
Julia Caesaris reference, usually "Agrippin(ill)a".
Youngest daughter of Germanicus
Julia Livilla or
Julia Germanici filia (18 – late 41 or early 42), is also rarely indicated by the
Julia Caesaris reference.
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Julia Caesaris, niece of
Julius Caesar in the
SPQR series*
Julio-Claudian family tree*
Women in Rome
