▁Roman ▁Republic , ▁Br ought on ▁gives ▁G ai us ▁as ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁the ▁cons ul ▁of ▁ 4 8 9 . ▁ ▁If ▁I ulus ▁was ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁G ai us , ▁the ▁cons ul ▁of ▁ 4 8 2 , ▁then ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁V op is cus ▁Julius ▁I ulus , ▁cons ul ▁in ▁ 4 7 3 , ▁who ▁shares ▁the ▁same ▁fil iation ▁and ▁must ▁have ▁been ▁the ▁younger ▁G ai us ' ▁brother . ▁ ▁As ▁far ▁as ▁can ▁be ▁determined ▁from ▁their ▁fil i ations , ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁later ▁Jul ii ▁I uli ▁who ▁appear ▁in ▁history ▁were ▁desc ended ▁from ▁these ▁two ▁brothers . ▁ ▁At ▁least ▁some ▁classical ▁sch ol ars ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁later ▁Jul ii ▁Ca es ares ▁may ▁also ▁be ▁desc ended ▁from ▁this ▁family . ▁ ▁Career ▁I ulus ▁was ▁cons ul ▁in ▁ 4 8 9 ▁BC ▁with ▁Pub lius ▁Pin arius ▁M amer c inus ▁R uf us . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁D ion ys ius , ▁it ▁was ▁during ▁their ▁year ▁of ▁office ▁that ▁the ▁Vol sci an ▁leader ▁Att ius ▁Tul lius ▁prov oked ▁a ▁confront ation ▁with ▁Rome . ▁ ▁With ▁the ▁help ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ▁ex ile ▁Cor i ol anus , ▁the ▁Vol sci ▁prepared ▁for ▁war ▁and ▁began ▁ra iding ▁Latin ▁territory . ▁ ▁As ▁planned , ▁the ▁impact ▁of ▁the ▁Vol sci an ▁operations ▁fell ▁more ▁heavily ▁on ▁the ▁poor , ▁ex ac erb ating