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The Julio-Claudian dynasty was the first dynasty of Roman emperors.All emperors of that dynasty descended from Julii Caesares and/or from Claudii.Marriages between descendants of Sextus Julius Caesar and Claudii had occurred from the late stages of the Roman Republic, but the intertwined Julio-Claudian family tree resulted mostly from adoptions and marriages in Imperial Rome's first decades.
The Julio-Claudian dynasty comprised the first five Roman emperors: Augustus, ... was born into the Julian and Claudian branches of the Imperial family, ...
The first of the family to obtain the consulship was Gaius Julius Iulus in 489 BC. The gens is perhaps best known, however, for Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator and grand uncle of the emperor Augustus, through whom the name was passed to the so-called Julio-Claudian dynasty of the first century AD.
Writing several decades after the fall of the so-called "Julio-Claudian dynasty", Suetonius took care to mention both the good and wicked deeds attributed to members of the family. [2] The patrician Claudii were noted for their pride and arrogance, and intense hatred of the commonalty. In his History of Rome, Niebuhr writes,
This is a family tree of Roman emperors, showing only the relationships between the emperors. 27 BC –192 AD The emperors ...
List / Family tree Dynasties of the Principate; Julio–Claudian dynasty: 27 BCE [1] 68 CE [1] 95 years Augustus: Nero Flavian dynasty: 69 CE [1] 96 CE [1]
An antiques dealer from Austin, Texas, made the find of a lifetime when a sculpture she purchased at a Goodwill store for $35 turned out to be a 2,000-year-old Julio-Claudian-era Roman bust.The ...
This category contains articles on the Julio-Claudian Dynasty (49 BC–AD 68) of rulers in some form or another of the Roman empire during the late Roman Republic and early Empire, particularly articles on individuals who were a member of it by blood, marriage alliance or association.