Julius

[ jool-yuhs ]

/ ˈdʒul yəs /

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a male given name: a Roman family name.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

We do have the writings of Sextus Julius Frontinus—but what he wrote was a treatise on aqueducts.
So-Called ‘Biblical Scholar’ Says Jesus A Made-Up Myth|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Inside was Mandelbaum, her twenty-four-year-old son Julius, and her most trusted confidant, Herman Stoude.
Meet 'The Queen of Thieves' Marm Mandelbaum, New York City's First Mob Boss|J. North Conway|September 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of the few Americans to respond was Charlton Heston, with whom she had starred in Julius Caesar in 1970.
Diana Rigg: GOT's Queen of Thorns Speaks|Nico Hines|August 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The second is the first generation born in America: people like Julius Shulman, Paul Rand, Alex Steinweiss, and Alvin Lustig.
How Jews Created American Modernism|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST

When Julius reports that the day after the Mahler benefited from “some new intensity,” we identify.
Teju Cole’s Keen Eye Spares No One—Himself Included|Benjamin Lytal|July 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He passed his life in severe study, and wrote an ecclesiastical history from Julius Csar to his own age.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
From the time of Julius Caesar they were allowed to build synagogues and granted many other privileges.
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
Could all the wise men of Rome have explained to Julius Caesar the following dispatch, if given in prophetic vision?
Gospel Philosophy|J. H. Ward
What sincerity was there in Julius Caesar when he discharged the duties of high-priest of the Republic?
Beacon Lights of History, Volume I|John Lord
His chief guide is Julius Cæsar, whom he frequently quotes verbatim.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume III (of 3)|Strabo