grandchildren by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, who thus became Gaius and Lucius Julius Caesar; but when both died young, the emperor adopted their brother, who became Agrippa Julius Caesar (Postumus), and a stepson, Tiberius Claudius Nero, who became Tiberius Julius Caesar. Tiberius' son, Nero Claudius Drusus, became Drusus Julius Caesar, and he adopted a nephew, Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, who became Germanicus Julius Caesar; their children also became part of the Julia gens. The line draws to a close with the death of Germanicus' son, Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus, better known simply as Gaius or Caligula, in AD 41; after this, the imperial authority passed to Gaius' uncle, Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus, and out of the Julian line. Genealogical tables The table below reflects known and probable relationships, with speculative descent indicated by a question mark "(?)". Lucius Julius (Libo?) Sextus Julius Caesar, praetor in 208 BC. Lucius Julius Caesar, praetor in 183 BC. Lucius Julius Caesar, praetor in 166 BC. Sextus Julius Caesar, consul in 157 BC. Sextus Julius Caesar, praetor in 123 BC. Lucius Julius Caesar, married Poppilia. Lucius Julius Caesar, married Fulvia. Consul in 90 BC, he was put to death by Fimbria in 87. Lucius Julius Caesar, consul in 64 BC. Lucius Julius Caesar filius, a partisan of Pompeius during the Civil War. Julia, wife of (1) Marcus Antonius Creticus and (2) Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura; mother of Marcus Antonius, the triumvir. Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo, the orator, put to death by Fimbria in 87. (?) Julia, wife of Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix. (?) Gaius Julius Caesar, a senator, said to have written a Roman history in Greek. (?) Gaius Julius Caesar, grandfather of the dictator, married Marcia. Gaius Julius Caesar, married Aurelia. Praetor in an uncertain year, he died suddenly in BC 84. Julia Major, wife of (1) Lucius Pinarius and (2) Quintus Pedius; grandmother of Lucius Pinarius and Quintus Pedius. Julia Minor, wife of Marcus Atius Balbus; grandmother of Octavia the Younger and Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Gaius Julius Caesar, the dictator, married (1) Cornelia, (2) Pompeia, (3) Calpurnia. Julia, wife of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus. Ptolemaeus Caesar (Caesarion), son by Cleopatra. (by adoption) Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, grandnephew (through Caesar's sister Julia Minor), born Gaius Octavius; subsequently known as the emperor Augustus, married (1) Claudia, (2) Scribonia, (3) Livia. Julia the Elder, wife of (1) Marcus Claudius Marcellus, (2) Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, (3) Tiberius Claudius