The Julii
Period timeline — chart, key and sourced register.
From the Alban legend to the Julio-Claudians, and the name that became an office of state.
Period timeline — chart, key and sourced register.
Period timeline — chart, key and sourced register.
Part 1 of the Caesar–Cleopatra period. The life to 15 March 44 BC, stated from the surviving sources: who he was, how he came to command armies, and what was in motion when he was killed.
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus, the sixteen days of 458 BC, and how early Rome was actually governed — from the seven kings who built the city to the office designed to be handed back,…
The Myrmidons of Achilles are Late Bronze Age Sea Peoples. The Greek lexicon preserves an entire m-r sea-cluster under the standard ant-etymology. The Black Sea, where their leader's cult…
The family history of the gens Julia, stated from the record: the Troy chain, the Alban kingdom, the transplant to Rome, the consuls of the Republic, the dictator’s use of the line…
Part of the claimants thread. Gaius Octavius — the man the Senate named Augustus — had one biological child, ever — a daughter. This memo follows his blood to its end:…