Talk:Quintus Lutatius Catulus

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[edit] "Catulus Caesar"

The stemma of the gens Julia is well-known, even if that for the gens Lutatia is less so. Regardless, that Q. Catulus was born Sex. Julius Caesar, was first cousin to C. Caesar's (ie. the dictator's) father, and was adopted into to gens Lutatia from gens Julia is, as far as I call tell, pure rubbish. First, the dictator had no first cousin. His only uncle (Sex. Caesar, praetor in 123 BC) left no known children. Second, the praenomen of Q. Catulus' father is known, and it isn't Sextus. The son's filiation - Q.f. - shows that he was the natural son of a Quintus. Thus the son of another Q. Lutatius Catulus. See T.R.S. Broughton (1951) Magistrates of the Roman Republic Vol.1 p.567; C. Settipani (2000) Continuite Gentilice et Continuite Familiale dans les Familles Senatoriales Romaines a l'Epoque Imperiale p. 67. 82.44.82.167 (talk) 10:01, 14 January 2008 (UTC)Catiline63