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Lucius Julius Caesar (cos. 90)

Consul in 90 BCE. Second cousin once removed of Julius Caesar

🏛️ Career

  1. 95 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: In one of the inscriptions cited above (a) L. Iulius Caesar is termed [# and in the other, if it really refers to him (note that on the stone the praenomen is Gaius), [#. On the coins he is termed Pr(aetor?). Gäbler (b) places him in Macedonia in 93/92, but has overlooked the fact that his successor Sentius was Praetor Urbanus in 94 and almost certainly proceeded immediately afterwards to Macedonia. Accordingly, Caesar's praetorship should be dated in 95 and his governorship in 94 at the latest. See Jashemski 54, and 130, note 1.

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) IG 12.8.24 1
      • (b) Ant. Münz. Nordgriechentands 3.1.69f., and ZN, loc. cit.
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Rutilius Lupus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 90 BCE (Consul)

    C. Claudius Pulcher (cos. 92) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 95 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Aurelius Cotta (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 95 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Perperna (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 95 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Caelius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 90 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 90 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: P. Rutilius Lupus

    Broughton: In the Social War Caesar held general command in the southern area, and there, after reverses near Aesernia and in southern Campania, he routed the Samnites at Acerrae (a). In Rome he carried his law to give citizenship to all Latins and Italians who had remained loyal (b), and to permit commanders to grant it de consili sententia (c). Rutilius, who held command in the northern theatre, refused to heed the advice of Marius to wait and train his recruits, and on June 11 was routed and killed in the Tolenus valley (d).

    Sources (5)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • Cic. Div. 1.4; Font. 43; Fast. Ant., Degrassi 164f., and Fast. Cap., ibid. 54f., 129, 480f.; Vell. 2.15.1; Plin. NH 2.98; Obseq. 55; Chr. 354; Chr. Pasc.; Fast. Hyd.; Cassiod.; on Caesar, Cic. Planc. 51; Val. Max. 9.2.2, with praenomen C.; and on Rutilius, Vell. 2.16.4.
      • (a) App. BC 1.40-42, with confusion between Sextus and Lucius Caesar; Liv. Per. 73; Diod. 37.17-19; Flor. 2.6.12-14, with confusion between the Consuls; Oros. 5.18.11 and 14-15
      • (b) Cic. Balb. 21; Gell. 4.4.3; App. BC 1.49; cf. Sisenna, fr. 119 Peter; Vell. 2.16.4
      • (c) ILS 8888; cf. Cic. Balb. 19
      • (d) Liv. Per. 73; Vell. 2.16.4; App. BC 1.40, and 43; Flor. 2.6.12, with confusion of the names; Dio 29, fr. 98.1-2; Eutrop. 5.3.2; Obseq. 55; Oros. 5.18.11-12; and on the date, Ovid Fasti 6.563-566
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    P. Rutilius Lupus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 90 BCE (Consul)

    C. Claudius Pulcher (cos. 92) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 95 BCE (Praetor)

    L. Aurelius Cotta (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 95 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Perperna (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 95 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Caelius (pr. 90) (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.400, final 0.400): 90 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo
  2. Children
    Lucius Julius Caesar (cos. 64)