Gaius Iulius Iullus (Consul 447 BC)
Gaius Iulius Iullus was a Roman statesman and three-time consul in the 5th century BC. Chr.
Gaius Iulius Iullus came from the patrician gens of Julier , who probably came from Alba Longa , from there after the conquest and destruction of the city by the Romans under whose king Tullus Hostilius moved to Rome with other noble families and were accepted into the patriciate . He came from the leading branch of the family in the 5th century with the Cognomen Iullus , who provided several consuls and consular tribunes . He is to be distinguished from a relative who was also called Gaius Iulius Iullus and who lived in 482 BC. With Quintus Fabius Vibulanus Consul and 451 BC Chr. One of the decemvirs was ,.
According to the unreliable tradition of the early Roman Republic, Gaius Iulius Iullus was elected consul three times in the second half of the 5th century. For the first time he is said to be the consulate with Marcus Geganius Macerinus in 447 BC. He held the second consulate together with Lucius Verginius Tricostus twelve years later in 435. In the following year the Quirites again elected him consul, this time again with Verginius Tricostus.
literature
- Friedrich Münzer : Iulius 13 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, column 109.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Titus Livius , from urbe condita 1, 30, 2 .
- ^ Livy 2:43, 1 .
- ↑ Fasti capitolini : C. Iulius C. f. L. n. Iullus.
- ↑ Hans Georg Gundel : Iulius 1. In: Der Kleine Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, column 1522.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iulius Iullus, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iullus, Gaius Iulius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |