Julia (wife of Sulla)

Little is known of her life and sources are confused as to whether her name was Julia or Ilia. There is no satisfactory identification for her.[1] If Julia is correct, she could have been a daughter of Lucius Julius Caesar and Popillia, therefore a sister of future consul Lucius Julius Caesar and Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo.[2] It is also possible that she was a daughter of Gaius Julius Caesar.[3] Around 110 BC, while both were young, Julia married Sulla. A marital connection to the Julii Caesares may have served Sulla in his political life, as when he was chosen to serve under Gaius Marius in the Jugurthine War.[4] Julia and Sulla had a daughter, Cornelia, who later was active in Roman society. Julia apparently died young, and Sulla married his second wife, Aelia.[2]

In the historical novel, The First Man in Rome by Colleen McCullough she is a character called Julilla who is portrayed as the younger sister of the Julia, the wife of Marius, her husband's mortal enemy.

• Julia gens
• Julii Caesares
• Rhea Silvia, also called Ilia