Julia (wife of Marius)
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Julia (c. 130 BC – 69 BC) was the wife of the Roman consul Gaius Marius and a paternal aunt of future Roman dictator Julius Caesar.
Biography
Julia was the daughter of Gaius Julius Caesar and Marcia (daughter of praetor
At about 110 BC she married
According to
Julia died in 69 BC and received a devoted funeral eulogy from her nephew Julius Caesar.[5]
See also
- Women of the Julii Caesares
- Julia gens
- Julii Caesares
- Julio-Claudian family tree
References
- ^ Campagne de Marius dans la gaule. Marius, Marthe, Julie devant la légende des Saintes-Maries, Isidore Gilles, éd. Thorin, Paris, 1870, p. 67.
- ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 299 ("Gnaeus and Quintus Granius").
- ^ Katz, B R (1975). "The First Fruits of Sulla's March". L'Antiquité Classique: 107 – via Persée.
- ^ Plutarch, Parallel Lives, "(The Life of) (Caius) Marius", VI
- The Twelve Caesars, "I. Julius Caesar", VI:. Our stock therefore has at once the sanctity of kings, whose power is supreme among mortal men, and the claim to reverence which attaches to the Gods, who hold sway over kings themselves."
When quaestor, he pronounced the customary orations from the rostra in praise of his aunt Julia and his wife Cornelia, who had both died. And in the eulogy of his aunt he spoke in the following terms of her paternal and maternal ancestry and that of his own father: "The family of my aunt Julia is descended by her mother from the kings, and on her father's side is akin to the immortal Gods; for the Marcii Reges (her mother's family name) go back to Ancus Marcius, and the Julii, the family of which ours is a branch, to Venus
Bibliography
- Münzer, Fredrich (1918). . Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (in German). Vol. 10, 1. Stuttgart: Butcher. col. 892 – via Wikisource.
- Plutarch (1919) [2nd century AD]. "Life of Caesar". Parallel Lives. Loeb Classical Library. Vol. 7. Translated by Perrin, Bernadotte. OCLC 40115288– via LacusCurtius.
- Plutarch (1920) [2nd century AD]. "Life of Marius". Parallel Lives. Loeb Classical Library. Vol. 9. Translated by Perrin, Bernadotte. OCLC 40115288– via Perseus Digital Library.
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