As I was reading today, Gaius Julius Caeser was of the house of Julii, as was his uncle by marriage, Gaius Marius, of 'Marian Reform' fame. Caeser, was, for all intents and purposes, the heir to the mantle of responsibility that Marius caried.

Marius, had (and this is where I'm tieing into Rome: Total War) married into the house of Julii from the Plebian class and was quite the popular politician as an outspoken advocate of Plebian concerns. His reputation was solidified through his extensive campaigns in Numidia, against the Germanic tribes of the Teutones, and the Cimbri in 101BC on the field of battle at Vercellae, this all before Roman Troops first marched on the city of Rome under the command of Lucius Cornelius Sulla when Marius, with the aid of the Tribune Sulpicius Rufus, had the Senate's selection of Sulla to be the commander of the armies raised to fight Pontus disqualified in 88 BC... Marius escapes to Africa, Sulla goes on campaign, Marius returns in 87 BC and has Sulla's supporters murdered, Marius dies in 86 BC in his 7th term as Consul.

[ Warriors of Rome by Michael Simkins, ISBN 0 7137 2001 8 (hardback), pages 40-41 ]

Ah, history. You think this simulation is a poor representation in the family tree department? I beg to disagree, I think it is rather appropriate, if not less involved than it should be. I'm enjoying it tremendously!