Procŭlus Julius

, a Roman who, after the death of Romulus, declared that he had seen him in his appearance more than human, and that he had ordered him to bid the Romans to offer him sacrifices under the name of Quirinus, and to rest a ured that Rome was destined by the gods to become the capital of the world. Plutarch , Romulus .— Livy , bk. 1 , ch. 16 .――Geganius, a Roman consul.――Placit i us, a Roman who conquered the Hernici.――A friend of Vitelli us.――A consul under Nerva.――A man accused of extortion.――An African in the age of Aurelius. He published a book entitled de region i bus , or religion i bus , on foreign countries, . ――An officer who proclaimed himself emperor in Gaul, in the reign of Probus. He was soon after defeated, and exposed on a gibbet. He was very debauched and licentious in his manners, and had acquired riches by piratical excursions.