Gaius Julius Iulus (consular tribune 408 BC)

Gaius Julius S. f. Vop. n. Iulus was a Roman statesman and member of the ancient patrician gens Julia. He was consular tribune in 408 and 405 BC, and censor in 393.

Gaius Julius Iulus was the son of Spurius Julius Iulus, and grandson of Vopiscus Julius Iulus, consul in BC 473. His uncle, Lucius Julius Iulus, was consular tribune in 438, magister equitum in 431, and consul in 430. Gaius' brother, Lucius, was consular tribune in 403 BC. It is not clear how they were related to the Lucius Julius Iulus who was consular tribune in 388 and 379 BC, or the Gaius who was nominated dictator in 352.

In 408 BC, Julius was one of three military tribunes with consular power. His colleagues were Gaius Servilius Ahala and Publius Cornelius Cossus. They took office in the midst of continuing strife over the desire of the plebeians to attain the highest offices of the state. The previous year, the tribunes of the plebs had succeeded in winning the election of the first plebeian quaestors, and while the senate steadfastly refused to open the consulship to the plebeians, the tribunes hoped to elect some of their number military tribunes with consular power, a position that had been expressly created with the intention of permitting members of either order to be elected. But in more than three decades, no plebeian had yet obtained that office, and despite the efforts of the tribunes of the plebs, the three elected were once again patricians.

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