Gaius Iulius Iullus

Gaius Iulius Iullus was a Roman statesman and three times consul in the 5th century BC

Gaius Iulius Iullus came from the patrician gens of the Julii, who probably came from Alba Longa, from there to the conquest and destruction of the city by the Romans under their king Tullus Hostilius moved with other noble families to Rome and were incorporated into the patriciate. He came from the leader in the 5th century branch of the family with the cognomen Iullus who provided several consuls and Konsulartribunen. He is to be distinguished from a relative who was also named Gaius Iulius Iullus, and in the year 482 BC, with Quintus Fabius Vibulanus consul 451 BC, one of the Decemvirs was.

According to unreliable tradition of the early Roman Republic Gaius Iulius Iullus was elected in the second half of the 5th century, a total of three times consul. For the first time he is said to have held the consulate along with Marcus Geganius Macerinus in the year 447 BC, he had the second consulate along with Lucius Verginius Tricostus held twelve years later in the year 435. In the following year, the Quirites chose him again consul, once again with Verginius Tricostus.