Lucius Julius Caesar (consul 90 BC)
Lucius Julius Caesar (c. 135 – 87 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 90 BC. He was involved in the downfall of the plebeian tribune Lucius Appuleius Saturninus in 100 BC. [citation needed]
He was elected praetor for 94 BC, though no evidence exists for his previous occupation of the roles of quaestor and aedile. In 95 BC he became governor of Macedonia.
During his consulship, he defeated the Samnites, after suffering losses at Aesernia, Accerae, and Teanum.[1] Lucius proposed legislation (one of the Leges Juliae or "Julian laws") granting Roman citizenship to allies who didn’t participate in the Social War against Rome in 90 BC. In 89 he became censor and due to the success of the Julian Law, became responsible for allocating new citizens into voting districts, but was unable to do so due to continuing civil strife [2]. His colleague in this task was a former consul, P. Licinius Crassus Dives (father of triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus).
Lucius and his brother, Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus, were killed together in 87 BC at the beginning of the Civil War by partisans of Gaius Marius. They died fighting in the streets. According to Livy, their heads were exposed on the speaker’s platform.
His children, by his wife Fulvia,[3] were Lucius Julius Caesar, who was consul in 64 BC, and Julia Antonia.
References
- His coinage: http://www.wildwinds.com/coins/rsc/julia/i.html
- ^ Theodor Mommsen History of Rome vol. 3 (book 4)
- ^ M. Tullius Cicero, For Archias, 11
- ^ Napoleon III. Histoire de Jules César Volume 1, p. 253 Paris: H. Plon 1865