From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other people with the same name, see Gaius Julius Caesar (disambiguation). Gaius Caesar Consul Princeps Iuventutis Gaius Cesar BM GR1870.07-05.1 n1.jpg Bust of Gaius Caesar, now in the collection of the British Museum Born Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa 20 BC Rome, Roman Empire Died 21 February 4 AD (aged 23) Lycia, Anatolia Burial Mausoleum of Augustus Spouse Livilla Dynasty Julio-Claudian Father Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Augustus (adoptive) Mother Julia the Elder Gaius Caesar (/ˈsiːzər/; 20 BC - 21 February 4 AD) was consul in AD 1 and the grandson of Augustus, the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Although he was born to Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia, Augustus' only daughter, Gaius and his younger brother, Lucius Caesar, were raised by their grandfather as his adopted sons and joint-heirs to the empire. He would experience an accelerated political career befitting a member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, with the Roman Senate allowing him to advance his career without first holding a quaestorship or praetorship, offices that ordinary senators were required to hold as part of the cursus honorum.[1]