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Julia Caesaris (Classical Latin
Classical Latin

Classical Latin is the form of the Latin used by the ancient Rome in what is usually regarded as "classical" Latin literature. Its use spanned the Golden Age of Latin literature—broadly the 1st century BC and the early 1st century AD—possibly extending to the Silver Age—broadly the 1st and 2nd centuries....
: IVLIA•CAESARIS) is the name of all women in the Julii Caesares
Julii Caesares

A subdivision of the patrician Julius family in the Roman Republic, the beginnings of the Julian side of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. All its members had the Roman naming convention#Nomen gentile Julius and the Roman naming convention#cognomen Caesar and can only be told apart by numbers and differing Roman naming convention#Praenomen....
 patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
 family (a subdivision of the Julii
Julius

Julius is the nomen of the gens Julia, an important patrician family of ancient Rome supposed to have descended from Julus, and thus from the goddess Venus ....
 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
Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
 and Caesar Augustus.) Several Juliae Caesares are cited by the ancient sources, notably the following:

Immediate relations of Julius Caesar
Paternal aunt
Julia Caesaris (d.






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Julia Caesaris (Classical Latin
Classical Latin

Classical Latin is the form of the Latin used by the ancient Rome in what is usually regarded as "classical" Latin literature. Its use spanned the Golden Age of Latin literature—broadly the 1st century BC and the early 1st century AD—possibly extending to the Silver Age—broadly the 1st and 2nd centuries....
: IVLIA•CAESARIS) is the name of all women in the Julii Caesares
Julii Caesares

A subdivision of the patrician Julius family in the Roman Republic, the beginnings of the Julian side of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty. All its members had the Roman naming convention#Nomen gentile Julius and the Roman naming convention#cognomen Caesar and can only be told apart by numbers and differing Roman naming convention#Praenomen....
 patrician
Patrician

The term "patrician" originally referred to a group of elitism citizens in ancient Rome, including both their natural and adopted members. In the late Roman empire, the class was broadened to include high council officials, and after the fall of the Western Empire became a term for Byzantine Imperial governors in the West....
 family (a subdivision of the Julii
Julius

Julius is the nomen of the gens Julia, an important patrician family of ancient Rome supposed to have descended from Julus, and thus from the goddess Venus ....
 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
Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
 and Caesar Augustus.) Several Juliae Caesares are cited by the ancient sources, notably the following:

Immediate relations of Julius Caesar


Paternal aunt


Julia Caesaris (d. 66 BC) was the paternal aunt of Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
 and the wife of Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius

Gaius Marius was a Roman Republic general and politician elected consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his dramatic Marian Reforms of Roman legion, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens and reorganizing the structure of the legions into separate Cohort ....
.

Cousin


Julia Caesaris (approx. 104 BC – after 39 BC), known in the sources as Julia Antonia to distinguish her from the others, was the wife of Marcus Antonius Creticus
Marcus Antonius Creticus

Marcus Antonius Creticus was a Ancient Rome politician, member of the Antonius family. Creticus was son of Marcus Antonius Orator and by his marriage to Julia Antonia he had three sons triumvir Mark Antony, Gaius Antonius and Lucius Antonius ....
 and mother of Gaius
Gaius Antonius

Gaius Antonius was the second son of Marcus Antonius Creticus and Julia Antonia, and thus, younger brother of Mark Antony, triumvir and enemy of Caesar Augustus....
 and Lucius Antonius
Lucius Antonius

Lucius Antonius may refer to:*Lucius Antonius , the brother of Mark Antony*Lucius Antonius , the grandson of Mark Antony...
 and Mark Antony
Mark Antony

Marcus Antonius , known in English as Marc Antony, was a Roman Republic politician and General. He was an important supporter and the best friend of Julius Caesar as a military commander and administrator, being Caesar's second cousin, once removed, by his mother Julia Antonia....
, the triumvir.

Sisters


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 of Augustus.

Daughter


Julius Caesar's only legitimate child to survive to adulthood, married strategically to Pompey
Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
 to cement the First Triumvirate
First Triumvirate

The First Triumvirate is a term used by some historians to refer to the unofficial Rome political alliance of Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Pompey....
, died in childbirth in 54 BC.

Immediate relations of Augustus


Augustus' daughter

Julia Caesaris (October 39 BC-AD 14), also known as Julia the Elder, was the only child of Augustus, from his second marriage with Scribonia
Scribonia

Scribonia was the daughter of Lucius Scribonius Libo and Cornelia Sulla . Her brother of the same name was consul and died in 34 BC. She was the second wife of Roman Emperor Augustus and the mother of his only natural child, Julia the Elder....
.

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
Julia (daughter of Drusus the Younger)

Julia Drusi Caesaris Filia was the daughter of Julius Caesar Drusus and Livilla and granddaughter to the Roman Emperor Tiberius....
 (5 - 43), was the daughter of Julius Caesar Drusus
Julius Caesar Drusus

Nero Claudius Drusus, later Drusus Julius Caesar , was the only child of Roman Emperor Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. He was born with the name Nero Claudius Drusus, and is also known to historians as Drusus II and Drusus Minor....
 and Livilla
Livilla

Livia Julia , most commonly known by her family nickname of Livilla was the only daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor. Her chief role in the history of the Julio-Claudian dynasty was as a bride ? and alleged murderer ? of the heir apparent to the Principate during the reigns of Augustus and her uncle Tiberius....
. She was the elder sister to Tiberius Gemellus
Tiberius Gemellus

Tiberius Julius Caesar Nero Gemellus, known as Tiberius Gemellus, was the son of Drusus Julius Caesar and Livilla, the grandson of Tiberius, and the cousin of Gaius Caligula....
 and the biological granddaughter of Tiberius
Tiberius

Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, born Tiberius Claudius Nero , was the second Roman Emperor, from the death of Augustus in AD 14 until his own death in 37....
. 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
Germanicus

Germanicus Julius Caesar Claudianus . Born in Lugdunum, Gaul , was a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire. At birth he was named either Nero Claudius Drusus after his father or Tiberius Claudius Nero after his uncle and received the agnomen Germanicus, by which he is principally known, in 9 BC, when...
 (a member of the gens
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
 Claudius
Claudius

Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus or Claudius I was the fourth Roman Emperor, a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from January 24, AD 41 to his death in AD 54....
 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
Agrippina the Younger

Julia Agrippina; known as Agrippina Minor , was a great granddaughter of Emperor Augustus, great niece and adoptive granddaughter of Emperor Tiberius, sister to Emperor Caligula, wife of Emperor Claudius and mother of Emperor Nero....
 is rarely indicated by the Julia Caesaris reference.

Second daughter of Germanicus

Julia Drusilla or Drusilla (16 - 38) was the first younger sister to Agrippina the Younger and beloved sister to Caligula
Caligula

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus , more commonly known by his nickname Caligula , was the third Roman Emperor, reigning from 16 March 37 until his assassination on 24 January 41....
. Caligula's daughter, Julia Drusilla
Julia Drusilla

For the identically named daughter of Germanicus, see Drusilla .Julia Drusilla was the only child and daughter of Roman Emperor Gaius and his fourth and last wife Caesonia....
 is named after her.

Youngest daughter of Germanicus

Julia Livilla
Julia Livilla

Julia Livilla or Julia Livia was the youngest child of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder and one of Caligula's sisters....
 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
    Julius Caesar

    'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
     in the SPQR series
    SPQR series

    The SPQR series is a collection of detective stories by John Maddox Roberts set in the time of the Roman Republic. SPQR is a Latin initialism for Senatus Populusque Romanus , the official name of the Republic....


See also

Julio-Claudian family tree
Julio-Claudian family tree

The Julio-Claudian dynasty of the early Roman Empire has a family tree complicated by multiple marriages between the members of the gens Julia and the gens Claudia....
 Women in Rome
Women in Rome

Women in ancient Roman society were given considerable Honour, possibly as a result of Treaty between the Ancient Rome and the Sabines from earlier Roman history, and as a result of the emphasis on Pregnancy in a society with high child mortality rates....