Aelius
Aelius (feminine form Aelia , Greek Ailios ) was the noun of the gens Aelia , a plebeian family in the Roman Empire . It is first mentioned in the 4th century BC. Mentioned. The name came up to late antiquity , especially widespread because it was the noun of several emperors from the 2nd century AD.
In the republic, the main branches of the family were the Aelii Paeti and Aelii Tuberones, later the Aelii Galli and Aelii Lamiae.
- Marcus Aelius Apollonius , Roman ivory carver
- Aelius Aristides , rhetorician
- Aelius Bassianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus (Commodus), emperor
- Lucius Aelius Caesar , heir to Hadrian, consul 137
- Sextus Aelius Catus , consul 4 AD
- Aelius Dionysius , scholar
- Aelius Donatus , grammarian
- Aelius Fortis , Roman centurion
- Publius Aelius Fortunatus , Roman painter
- Aelius Gallus , governor of Egypt , who lived in 25 BC. Undertook a campaign to Arabia felix
- Gaius Aelius Brocchus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Gaius Aelius Gallus , lawyer or grammarian
- Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pius, full name of the emperor Antoninus Pius
- Ailios Herodianos (Aelius Herodianus), grammarian at the time of Mark Aurel
- Lucius Aelius Lamia (legate) (* 1st century BC), legate of Augustus in the Cantabrian War
- Lucius Aelius Lamia (Consul 3) († 33), Roman politician and senator
- Lucius Aelius Lamia Plautius Aelianus (around 69), suffect consul 80, first husband of Domitia Longina
- Publius Aelius Ligus , Consul 172 BC Chr.
- Aelius Longinus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Lucius Aelius Oculatus , Roman suffect consul 85
- Gaius Aelius Paetus , consul 286 BC Chr.
- Publius Aelius Atticus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Crispinus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Magnus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Mamianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Paetus (Consul 337 BC)
- Publius Aelius Paetus (Consul 201 BC)
- Quintus Aelius Paetus (Pontifex) († 216 BC), Roman politician
- Quintus Aelius Paetus (Consul 167 BC) , Roman politician
- Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus , Consul 198 BC Chr.
- Aelius Publianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Aelius Rufus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Lucius Aelius Seianus , Praetorian Prefect under Tiberius
- Aelius Spartianus, fictional Roman historian, see Historia Augusta
- Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus , philologist
- Aelius Theon
- Publius Aelius Traianus Hadrianus (Hadrian), emperor
- Lucius Aelius Tubero , officer and historian , around 58 BC Chr.
- Quintus Aelius Tubero (tribune 193 BC)
- Quintus Aelius Tubero (Tribune 130 BC)
- Quintus Aelius Tubero (historian) , around 46 BC Chr.
- Quintus Aelius Tubero (Consul 11 BC)
- Lucius Aelius Verus , co-emperor Mark Aurel
- Titus Aelius Martialis , Roman architect
- Titus Aelius Crescentianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Aulus Aelius Sollemnianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Titus Rubrius Aelius Nepos , Roman suffect consul 79
- Publius Aelius Alexander , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Erasinus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Honoratus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Marcianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Modestus , Roman officer (imperial era)
- Publius Aelius Vitalianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
Female namesake:
- Aelia Ariadne , wife of the emperors Zenon and Anastasios I.
- Aelia Eudoxia , wife of the Emperor Arcadius and mother of the Emperor Theodosius II.
- Aelia Flacilla , first wife of Emperor Theodosius I.
- Aelia Galla Placidia , daughter of the emperor Theodosius I.
- Aelia Paetina , daughter of Sextus Aelius Catus and second wife of Emperor Claudius
- Aelia Pulcheria , sister of Emperor Theodosius II and wife of Emperor Markian
- Aelia Sophia , wife of Emperor Justin II.
- Aelia Verina , wife of Emperor Leo I.
Names of places and buildings were derived from the name Aelius:
- Aelia Augusta (the Roman name of Augsburg )
- Aelia Capitolina (the Roman name of Jerusalem )
- Pons Aelius Castle in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
- Pons Aelius now, Angelo called (Ponte Sant'Angelo), a bridge in Rome, the Emperor Hadrian was built
A genus of the stink bug family is called Aelia, see Aelia (genus) .
The Italian first name Elio is also derived from Aelius .
literature
- Elimar Klebs : Aelius . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 489.
- Wilhelm Kubitschek : Aelia . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, column 481.
Individual evidence
- ^ For a list of the members of the gens Aelia who held offices during the Roman Republic, see T. Robert S. Broughton : The Magistrates Of The Roman Republic , Vol. 2, Cleveland 1952 (reprinted unchanged 1968), pp. 525f.