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Catilia (gens)
The gens Catilia was a Roman family of imperial times. It [3] Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus, Epistulae, i. 22, iii.
is best known from Lucius Catilius Severus, consul in AD 6, v. 1, et alibi.
120, and subsequently praefectus urbi. He was the mater- [4] Anthony Birley, Marcus Aurelius (1966).
nal proavus, or great-grandfather, of the emperor Marcus [5] Aelius Lampridius, Alexander Severus, 68.
Aurelius. At one time he hoped to obtain the empire him- [6] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and
self, but he was removed from his office after express- Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
ing his disapprobation at the adoption of Antoninus Pius, This article incorporates text from the public domain Dic-
who had been his colleague in the consulship.[1][2][3][4] tionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology by
Another Catilius Severus was a relative of the emper- William Smith (1870).
or Alexander Severus, and a member of his consilium. He Persondata
is described by the historian Lampridius as a vir omnium
Name Catilia
doctissimus, "the most learned of men."[5][6]
Alternative names
See also Short description
Date of birth
• List of Roman gentes
Place of birth
Date of death
Footnotes Place of death
[1] Aelius Spartianus, Hadrian, 5, 15, 24.
[2] Julius Capitolinus, Antoninus Pius, 2, Marcus Aurelius,
1.
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