Julius
- For other meanings of Julius see Julius (disambiguation)
Julius (fem. Julia) is the nomen of the gens Julia, an important Patrician family of Ancient Rome supposed to have descended from Julus. (See also: Julio-Claudian dynasty - Julia Caesaris)
The name is also seen as Iulius and Iulia. There were many thousands of people bearing it, of course; a list of some of the most famous follows:
- Members of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty:
- Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator
- Julius Caesar, the others
- Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus (by adoption)
- Julia Augusta (by adoption)
- Tiberius Julius Caesar (by adoption)
- Germanicus Julius Caesar (by adoption)
- Julius Caesar Nero, son of Germanicus and Agrippina
- Julia Caesaris, several women related to Julius and Augustus Caesar
- Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, aka Caligula
- Several other emperors:
- Gaius Julius Eurycles
- Julius Atticus
- Julius Graecinus
- Gaius Julius Vindex, governor of Lusitania
- Gaius Julius Callistus
- Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus
- Gaius Julius Hyginus
- Sextus Julius Frontinus
- Julius Sacrovir, noble of Aedui
- Gaius Julius Civilis
- Gnaeus Julius Agricola, governor of Britannia
- Sextus Julius Africanus
- Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus, consul and Syrian prince
- Julius Paulus, jurist
- Gaius Julius Solinus, grammarian 3rd century
- Julius Exsuperantius, historian 4th century
- Julius Obsequens, ancient UFO writer
The name lives on as a Personal name.
The Faction House of Julii from the computer game Rome: Total War uses Julius as the family name (loosely based off of the patrician family in ancient Rome).