Sextus Julius Caesar I
Lived circa 200 BC. Son of Lucius Julius Caesar I and grandson of Numerius Julius Caesar. Sextus was a military tribune under Lucius Aemilius Paullus, as well as a governor of Liguria. His sons were Gaius Julius Caesar I and Sextus Julius Caesar II.
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