Sextus Iulius Caesar (Consul 157 BC)
Sextus Iulius Caesar was a politician of the Roman Republic and consul in 157 BC. Chr.
The son of a Sextus and grandson of a Lucius came from the patrician gens Iulia . It is first mentioned in 181 BC. As a military tribune under Lucius Aemilius Paullus in the war of Rome against the Ligurians . Its proven effectiveness began in 170 BC. When he, perhaps as quaestor , went to the east with the praetor Gaius Sempronius Blaesus to bring justice to the Abderites , who were illegally deported into slavery .
In 165 he was a curular aedile with Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella , in 159 he appeared as a witness for the Senate Consult on Tibur . At that time he must have held the praetor, because for 157 BC He was elected consul as the first of his branch of the patrician Julier, together with Lucius Aurelius Orestes . 147 he leads a Roman embassy to the Peloponnese .
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel : Caesar I.7. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, column 998.
- Peter C. Nadig : Iulius I 8. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , column 21.
- Friedrich Münzer : Iulius 148/149 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume X, 1, Stuttgart 1918, Col. 475 f.
Remarks
- ↑ Fasti Capitolini : p. F. L. n.
- ↑ Titus Livius 40, 27, 6.
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SURNAME | Iulius Caesar, Sextus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caesar, Sextus Iulius |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC BC or 2nd century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |