Julia gens
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The gens Julia was one of the most prominent patrician families of ancient Rome. From the early decades of the Republic, members of this gens served in the highest offices of the Roman state, beginnin
Bust of Caesar, 44–30 BC, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican Museums
Denarius issued under Augustus from the mint at Lugdunum (Lyon, France), showing Gaius and Lucius Caesar standing facing on the reverse (circa 2 BC – AD 14)
Aeneas, legendary ancestor of the Julii, with the god of the Tiber
Trajan's Bridge at Alcántara, built by C. Julius Lacer
Julio-Claudian dynasty
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The Julio-Claudian dynasty comprised the first five Roman emperors: Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.
Julia gens
…Julii are perhaps best known for Gaius Julius Caesar, the 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 nomen Julius became very common in imperial times, as the descendants of persons enrolled as citizens under the early…
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Caligula.Carlsberg Glyptotek.
Claudius crop
Nero Glyptothek Munich 321