Julia Cornelia
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Julia Caesaris or more commonly known as Julia Cornelia, was the daughter of consul Lucius Julius Caesar
II and Poppilia. She was the sister of Lucius Julius Caesar III
and Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus
. She later became the first wife of future dictator
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
. She married Sulla some time around 110 BC and had his daughter, Cornelia Sulla
that fallowing year. She became pregnant again in 104 BC and gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, she died in childbirth. After her death Sulla married the noble woman Aelia, who became a devoted step mother to Julia's children.
Julia Cornelia was a first cousin of the Julia
that married Gaius Marius
. This connection may have been why Sulla served as a quaestor
on Marius' staff in the capture of Jugurtha. She was also a first cousin once removed of the dictator Julius Caesar
, and aunt of Julia Antonia
and Lucius Julius Caesar
IV.
Lucius Julius Caesar
In Ancient Rome, several men of the Julii Caesares family were named Lucius Julius Caesar. Distinct by their praenomen, "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,...
II and Poppilia. She was the sister of Lucius Julius Caesar III
Lucius Julius Caesar III
Lucius Julius Caesar was a son of Lucius Julius Caesar , and elder brother to Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus. Lucius was involved in the downfall of tribune Lucius Appuleius Saturninus in 100 BC and became praetor in 94 BC without being a quaestor and aedile first...
and Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus
Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus
Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus was the younger son to Lucius Julius Caesar II and his wife Poppilia and younger brother to Lucius Julius Caesar III...
. She later became the first wife of future dictator
Dictator
A dictator is a ruler who assumes sole and absolute power but without hereditary ascension such as an absolute monarch. When other states call the head of state of a particular state a dictator, that state is called a dictatorship...
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He had the rare distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as that of dictator...
. She married Sulla some time around 110 BC and had his daughter, Cornelia Sulla
Cornelia Sulla
Cornelia was one of the few Roman women mentioned in Roman Republican sources. She was the eldest daughter of Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla and his first wife, an Ilia or Julia....
that fallowing year. She became pregnant again in 104 BC and gave birth to a son. Unfortunately, she died in childbirth. After her death Sulla married the noble woman Aelia, who became a devoted step mother to Julia's children.
Julia Cornelia was a first cousin of the Julia
Julia Caesaris (wife of Marius)
Julia Caesaris was a daughter of Gaius Julius Caesar II and Marcia . She was a sister of Gaius Julius Caesar III and Sextus Julius Caesar III....
that married Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius was a Roman general and statesman. He was elected consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his dramatic reforms of Roman armies, authorizing recruitment of landless citizens, eliminating the manipular military formations, and reorganizing the...
. This connection may have been why Sulla served as a quaestor
Quaestor
A Quaestor was a type of public official in the "Cursus honorum" system who supervised financial affairs. In the Roman Republic a quaestor was an elected official whereas, with the autocratic government of the Roman Empire, quaestors were simply appointed....
on Marius' staff in the capture of Jugurtha. She was also a first cousin once removed of the dictator Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Gaius Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman and a distinguished writer of Latin prose. He played a critical role in the gradual transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
, and aunt of Julia Antonia
Julia Antonia
Julia Caesaris or Julia Antonia was a daughter to consul Lucius Julius Caesar III and mother to the future triumvir and deputy of Caesar, Mark Antony. She was a sister to consul Lucius Julius Caesar IV. Her mother is unknown. She was born and raised in Rome...
and Lucius Julius Caesar
Lucius Julius Caesar
In Ancient Rome, several men of the Julii Caesares family were named Lucius Julius Caesar. Distinct by their praenomen, "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,...
IV.
See also
- Lucius Cornelius SullaLucius Cornelius SullaLucius Cornelius Sulla Felix , known commonly as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He had the rare distinction of holding the office of consul twice, as well as that of dictator...
- Julius Caesar (disambiguation)Julius Caesar (disambiguation)Gaius Julius Caesar the Dictator was a Roman military and political leader and one of the most influential men of classical antiquity.Julius Caesar may also refer to:...
- Lucius Julius CaesarLucius Julius CaesarIn Ancient Rome, several men of the Julii Caesares family were named Lucius Julius Caesar. Distinct by their praenomen, "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,...
- Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo VopiscusGaius Julius Caesar Strabo VopiscusGaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus was the younger son to Lucius Julius Caesar II and his wife Poppilia and younger brother to Lucius Julius Caesar III...
- Julio-Claudian family treeJulio-Claudian family treeThe 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.-Family tree:...
- Julio-Claudian dynastyJulio-Claudian DynastyThe Julio-Claudian dynasty normally refers to the first five Roman Emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula , Claudius, and Nero, or the family to which they belonged; they ruled the Roman Empire from its formation, in the second half of the 1st century BC, until AD 68, when the last of the line,...