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Julius (fem. Julia) is the nomen of the gens Julia, an important patrician family of ancient Rome supposed to have descended from Julus. (See also: Julio-Claudian dynasty - Julia Caesaris)
The name is also seen as Iulius and Iulia. There were many thousands of people bearing it, of course; a list of some of the most famous follows:
- Members of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty:
- Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator
- Julius Caesar, the others
- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus (by adoption)
- Julia Augusta (by adoption)
- Tiberius Julius Caesar (by adoption)
- Germanicus Julius Caesar (by adoption)
- Julius Caesar Nero, son of Germanicus and Agrippina
- Julia Caesaris, several women related to Julius and Augustus Caesar
- Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, aka Caligula
- Several other emperors:
- Gaius Julius Eurycles
- Julius Atticus
- Julius Graecinus
- Gaius Julius Vindex, governor of Lusitania
- Gaius Julius Callistus
- Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus
- Gaius Julius Hyginus
- Sextus Julius Frontinus
- Julius Sacrovir, noble of Aedui
- Gaius Julius Civilis
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola, governor of Britannia
- Sextus Julius Africanus
- Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus, consul and Syrian prince
- Julius Paulus, jurist
- Gaius Julius Solinus, grammarian 3rd century
- Julius Exsuperantius, historian 4th century
- Julius Obsequens, ancient UFO writer
The name lives on as a personal name.
Pope Julius is a card game.
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The faction House of Julii from the computer game Rome: Total War uses Julius as the family name (loosely based off of the patrician family in ancient Rome).
Companies: Julius Baer, a traditional Swiss private bank based in Zurich.