Patrician (ancient Rome)
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The patricians were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome. The distinction was highly significant in the Roman Kingdom and the early Republic, but its relevance waned after the C
Romulus and his brother, Remus, with the she-wolf. Romulus is credited with creating the patrician class.
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
Patrician (ancient Rome)
…several illustrious patrician houses were on the verge of extinction during the first century BC, sometimes only surviving through adoptions, such as: Julii Caesares Manlii Torquatii…
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