Sextus Julius Caesar was the name of several men of the Julii Caesares family in ancient Rome.
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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.
He was the son of Sextus Julius Caesar I, after his adoption, also became known as Sextus Julius Catulus Caesar. As a Roman ambassador he assisted in restoring the liberty of Abdera in 169 BC. Sextus was consul in 157 BC, and led the final formal negotiations with the Achaean League before war was declared in 146 BC.[1]
Died in 90 or 89 BC. He was the son of Gaius Julius Caesar II and Marcia. He was a supporter of his brother-in-law Gaius Marius. He was praetor in 94 BC, then occupied a governorship before becoming consul in 91 BC. He lost a battle against the Samnium and died at the siege of Asculum.
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).