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Article: Caesar
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Caesar , ancient Roman patrician family of the Julian gens. There are separate articles on its two most distinguished members, Julius
Caesar
and
Augustus
. Another distinguished member of the family was
Lucius Julius Caesar,
d. 87 BC, consul (90 BC). He proposed a law extending Roman citizenship to Roman allies that had not joined in the Social War against Rome (90 BC). He was killed in the beginning of the civil war by partisans of
Marius
. His brother
Caius Julius Caesar Strabo Vopiscus,
d. 87 BC, is mentioned as an orator in Cicero's
De oratore.
He was killed with his brother. His name also appears as Vopisius. The son of Lucius Julius Caesar, also named
Lucius Julius Caesar,
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