Lucius Caesar was then elected Roman consul for 64 BC, serving alongside Gaius Marcius Figulus. By 69 BC Lucius had been elected to the priestly position of Augur, and by the end of 67 BC, he had served in the office of Praetor. He began his political career serving as Quaestor in the Roman Province of Asia in 77 BC, probably under Terentius Varro. A supporter of his cousin, the Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar, Lucius was a key member of the senatorial coalition which strove to avoid civil war between the Roman Senate and his nephew Marcus Antonius (Mark Antony) in the aftermath of Caesar's assassination in 44 BC.Ī member of the patrician gens Julia, Lucius Julius Caesar was the son of the consul of 90 BC, also named Lucius Julius Caesar. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician and senator who was elected consul of the Roman Republic in 64 BC. For other uses, see Lucius Julius Caesar.
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