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Aelia (gens)
The gens Aelia occasionally written Ailia was a plebeian
Aelia, Ailia, • Sextus Aelius Q. f. Paetus Catus, an eminent jurist,
family at Rome, which flourished from the 5th century consul in 198 BC.
BC until at least the 3rd century AD, a period of nearly • Quintus Aelius P. f. Q. n. Paetus, consul in 167 BC.
eight hundred years. The archaic spelling Ailia is found
on coins, but must not be confused with Allia, which Aelii Tuberones
seems to be a distinct gens. The first member of the gens • Publius Aelius Tubero, praetor in 201 and 177 BC.
to obtain the consulship was Publius Aelius Paetus in 337 • Quintus Aelius Tubero, tribunus plebis in 194 BC,
BC. proposed the establishment of colonies among the
Under the empire the Aelian name became still more Bruttii and Thurii, and appointed a commissioner for
celebrated. It was the name of the emperor Hadrian, and the foundation of the latter colony.[6]
consequently of the Antonines, whom he adopted. A • Quintus Aelius Tubero, served under his son-in-law,
number of landmarks built by Hadrian also bear the Lucius Aemilius Paullus, in the war against Perseus.
name Aelius. The Pons Aelius is a bridge in Rome, now • Quintus Aelius Q. f. Tubero, a jurist, praetor in 123
known as the Ponte Sant’Angelo. Pons Aelius also refers to and consul suffectus in 118 BC.
a Roman settlement in Britannia Inferior, now the site of • Lucius Aelius Tubero, a friend and relation of Cicero.
Newcastle upon Tyne, while Aelia Capitolina was a Roman • Quintus Aelius L. f. Tubero, a jurist, and perhaps the
colony built on the ruins of Jerusalem.[1] same man as the consul of 11 BC.
Praenomina used by the gens Others
• Publius Aelius Ligus, consul in 172 BC.[1]
The Aelii regularly used the praenomina Publius, Sextus,
• Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus, a grammarian, and
Quintus, and Lucius. There is also one example of Gaius
teacher of both Varro and Cicero.
amongst the early members of the gens.[1]
• Aelius Ligur, tribunus plebis in 57 BC, opposed the
recall of Cicero, according to whom, he had assumed
Branches and cognomina of the a surname to which he had no right.[7]
gens • Aelius Promotus, an ancient physician at Alexandria,
perhaps during the 1st century BC.
The family-names and surnames of the Aelia gens are Ca- • Lucius Aelius Lamia, consul in AD 3.
tus, Gallus, Gracilis, Lamia, Ligur, Paetus, Staienus, Stilo, and • Sextus Aelius Catus, consul in AD 4.
Tubero. The only cognomina found on coins are Bala, Lamia, • Aelius Theon, a 1st century sophist.
Paetus, and Sejanus. Of Bala nothing is known. Sejanus is • Aelius Catus, a commander, possibly the same as
the name of the favorite of the emperor Tiberius, who Sextus Aelius Catus.
was adopted by one of the Aelii.[1] • Lucius Aelius Sejanus, praetorian prefect under the
emperor Tiberius.
Members of the gens • Aelia Paetina, wife of the emperor Claudius.
• See Domitia Longina for Lucius Aelius Lamia, consul
in AD 80.
Aelii Paeti • Publius Aelius Trajanus Hadrianus, emperor from AD
• Publius Aelius, one of the first plebeian quaestors, in 117 to 138.
409 BC.[2] • Aelius Dionysius, a Greek rhetorician during the
• Publius Aelius Paetus, consul in 337 BC, and one of reign of Hadrian.
the first plebeian augurs in 300 BC. • Lucius Aelius Caesar, Hadrian’s heir, consul in AD
• Publius Aelius Paetus, plebeian aedile in 296 BC.[3] 137.
• Gaius Aelius Paetus, consul in 286 BC.[4] • Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius, emperor
• Quintus Aelius Paetus, a pontifex who fell in the from AD 138 to 161.
Battle of Cannae, 216 BC. He had been a candidate for • Lucius Aelius Lamia Silvanus, married Aurelia
the consulship that year.[5] Fadilla, the daughter of Antoninus Pius.[1]
• Publius Aelius Q. f. Paetus, a well-known jurist, • Aelius Aristides, a 2nd century orator.
consul in 201 BC. • Publius Aelius Fortunatus, a 2nd century painter.
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• Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, better known as
Lucius Aelius Verus, emperor with Marcus Aurelius
References
from AD 161 to 169. [1] ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and
• Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus, the son of Marcus Mythology, William Smith, Editor.
Aurelius; emperor from AD 176 to 192. [2] Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita iv. 54.
• Aelius Marcianus, a jurist of the early 3rd century. [3] Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita x. 23.
• Aelius Spartianus, a historian, and one of the authors [4] Fasti Capitolini
of the Historia Augusta. He wrote lives of several [5] Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita xxiii. 21.
emperors from Hadrian to Caracalla. [6] Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Conditaxxxiv. 53, xxxv. 9.
• Aelius Donatus, a 4th century grammarian and [7] Marcus Tullius Cicero, Pro Sext. 31, 32, 43, Pro Dom.
teacher of rhetoric. 19, De Haruspicum Responsis 3.
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See also William Smith (1870).
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