Gaius Iulius Iullus (consul 482 BC)
Gaius Iulius Iullus was a Roman consul and decemvir in the 5th century BC. Chr.
Iulius Iullus came from the patrician gens of Julier and was the son of a Gaius and grandson of Lucius Iulius Iullus. He was born in 482 BC. . BC along with Quintus Fabius Vibulanus the consul elected. In the controversy with the plebeians about the fairer legislation in Rome he was 451 BC. Appointed to one of the Decemviri Consulari Imperio Legibus Scribundis , with the task of codifying Roman law. He was obviously one of the members of the December Board who understood the concerns of the plebeians, because his name is linked to a story about the impartiality of the administration of justice during the first December Board. As of 449 BC . The plebeians with the work of Decemvirs of 449 was not happy AD and therefore left the city and to the then still outside the pomerium lying Aventine gathered, was (after Dionysus) Julius Iullus with Publius Sulpicius and Spurius Tarquinius to the delegation that should negotiate with the plebeians. Because of his accommodating conduct of negotiations, he was given the title of “friend of the people” after Dionysus. Iulius Iullus is not to be confused with his father of the same name (consul in 489 BC) and Gaius Iulius Iullus , who held the consulate three times (447, 435, 434 BC).
literature
- Karl-Ludwig Elvers : Iulius [I 13]. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 .
- Friedrich Münzer : Iulius 294 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, column 654 f.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fasti capitolini
- ^ Titus Livius , ab urbe condita 2, 43, 1 .
- ↑ Livy 3:33 , 10 ; Marcus Tullius Cicero , de re publica 2, 61 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Iulius Iullus, Gaius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Iullus, Gaius Iulius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman consul and Dezemvir |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC Chr. |