The Collaborative International Dictionary
Iulus \I*u"lus\, n. [L., down, Gr. ? down, centipede.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha.
Usage examples of "iulus".
It is more romantic to believe that Iulus was the son of Creusa, but more likely, I think, that he was the son of Lavinia.
After Aeneas died and Iulus grew up, he founded the city of Alba Longa on the Alban Mount-uphill from Bovillae, you might say.
Actors were hired, chariots for them to ride in: the ancestors would include King Ancus Marcius, Quintus Marcius Rex, Iulus , that early Julian consul, Sextus Caesar and Lucius Caesar, and Gaius Marius and his son.
Patricians of the tribe Fabia, once the Kings of Alba Longa, and descended from Iulus , who was the son of Aeneas, who was the son of the goddess Venus.
His son, variously called Ascanius or Iulus , was the direct ancestor of the Julian family.
Virgil says Iulus was actually Ascanius, the son of Aeneas by his Trojan wife, Creusa, and had accompanied Aeneas on all his travels.
On the other hand, Livy says Iulus was the son of Aeneas by his Latin wife, Lavinia.
Julius Caesar, who claimed to trace his descent back to Iulus, and so through Aeneas to Venus herself.
If you could trace your lineage straight back in the male line to Iulus, Aeneas, Anchises, and the goddess Venus, you were secure enough to find it no comedown to mix with anyone from a dockside worker to a Caecilius Metellus.
The Julius Caesars are directly descended from the goddess Venus through her grandson Iulus, son of her son Aeneas.
Virgil says Iulus was actually Ascanius, the son of Aeneas by his Trojan wife, Creusa, and had accompanied Aeneas on all his travels.
On the other hand, Livy says Iulus was the son of Aeneas by his Latin wife, Lavinia.
Alban Mount supposed to have been founded by Iulus or Ascanius, the son of Aeneas.
But it had been founded by Iulus, the son of Aeneas, and the Julii, his direct descendants, had been its kings, who also were its high priests.
The Iulus is one of the family of Myriapods, which includes Centipedes, etc.