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Julians (other)
Julians may refer to: * Julian gens, members of the Roman patrician family * Julians Vaivods (1895–1990), Latvian cardinal * Julians Zagorskis (1903–1978), Latvian and Latgalian ceramicist * Len Julians (1933–1993), English footballer * Yorane Julians (born 1981), French basketball player See also * St Julians * Julian (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julian Gens
The gens Julia was one of the most prominent patrician (ancient Rome), patrician families of ancient Rome. From the early decades of the Roman Republic, Republic, members of this gens served in the highest offices of the Roman state, beginning with Gaius Julius Iulus (consul 489 BC), Gaius Julius Iulus, Roman consul, consul in 489 BC. However, the Julii are perhaps best known for Caesar, Gaius Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator, dictator and adoptive father of the emperor Augustus, through whom the name was passed to the Julio-Claudian dynasty of the first century AD. The Julius became very common in Roman Empire, imperial times, as the descendants of persons enrolled as Roman citizenship, citizens under the early emperors began to make their mark in history.Drumann, ''Geschichte Roms'', vol. III, pp. 114–117; Smith, "Julia Gens", in ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', vol. II, pp. 642, 643; Münzer, "Iulius", in ''Realencyclopädie der Classischen Alt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
