Julia Caesaris (sister of Julius Caesar) - Second Elder Sister of Julius Caesar

Second Elder Sister of Julius Caesar

Julia Caesaris
Spouse Marcus Atius Balbus
Issue
Atia Balba Prima
Atia Balba Caesonia
Atia Balba Tertia
Father Gaius Julius Caesar
Mother Aurelia Cotta
Born 101 B.C.
Rome
Died 51 B.C.

Julia Caesaris (101 BC-51 BC) was the second sister of Julius Caesar. She married Marcus Atius Balbus, a praetor and commissioner who came from a senatorial family of plebs status. Julia bore Balbus three daughters:

  • Atia Balba Prima
  • Atia Balba Caesonia - mother of Octavia Minor (fourth wife of triumvir Mark Antony) and of first Emperor Augustus.
  • Atia Balba Tertia

Julia and her mother gave the legal courts a detailed and truthful account about the affair between Pompeia (her sister-in-law) and politician Publius Clodius Pulcher. Caesar divorced Pompeia over the scandal. Balbus died in 52 BC and Julia died a year later. Julia’s youngest grandson and grandchild then known as Octavian (future Emperor Augustus) at age 12 to her honor delivered her funeral oration at her funeral.

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