Sextus Julius Caesar - Sextus Julius Caesar IV

Sextus Julius Caesar IV

Son of Sextus Julius Caesar III. Quaestor in 48 BC, Sextus was a close friend and follower of his cousin Gaius Julius Caesar the dictator and commanded one of his Syrian legions in 47 BC, being murdered in a mutiny (46 BC).

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