Julia Caesaris (
Classical Latin:
IVLIA•CAESARIS) is the name of all women in the
Julii Caesares patrician family (a subdivision of the
Julii 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 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. 69 BC) was the paternal aunt of Julius Caesar and the wife of Gaius Marius.
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 and mother of Gaius and Lucius Antonius and Mark Antony, 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 to cement the First Triumvirate, 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.
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 (5 - 43), was the daughter of
Julius Caesar Drusus and
Livilla. She was the elder sister to
Tiberius Gemellus and the biological granddaughter of
Tiberius. 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 (a member of the
gens Claudius 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 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's daughter,
Julia Drusilla is named after her.
Youngest daughter of Germanicus
Julia Livilla or Julia Livia (18 - late 41 or early 42) is also rarely indicated by the
Julia Caesaris reference.
Fictional
See also