Aurelius

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Aurelius (disambiguation) .

Aurelius (feminine form: Aurelia, plural: Aurelii) was the nomen gentile (family name) of the Roman gens Aurelia , which belonged to the plebeian families. The name is said to be derived from the name of the Sabine sun god Ausel, who is said to have the same origin as the Latin aurum "gold".

Numerous bearers of this name are known from the Roman Republic to late antiquity . To be emphasized are:

• Gaius Aurelius Cotta , politician and orator at the beginning of the 1st century BC Chr.
• Aurelia , the mother of Gaius Julius Caesar .
• the poet Properz (Sextus Aurelius propertius).
• Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, the later Emperor Antoninus Pius .
• the emperor Marcus Aurelius .
• Numerous other emperors listed Aurelius as part of their name form, e.g. B. Caracalla . Due to his granting of Roman citizenship to most of the inhabitants of the empire in 212 AD, Aurelius was a very common name afterwards and was often referred to as Aur on inscriptions . abbreviated.
• Sextus Aurelius Victor , historian in the 4th century AD
• Quintus Aurelius Symmachus , pagan senator late 4th century AD

More name bearers

• Aurelius Optatus , Roman officer (imperial period)
• Aurelius Pannicus , Roman officer (imperial era)
• Aurelius Quintus , Roman officer (imperial era)
• Aurelius Saturninus , probably a Roman centurion
• Lucius Aurellius Commodus Pompeianus , Roman consul 209
• Gaius Aurelius Atilianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
• Gaius Aurelius Cotta (consul 252 BC) († after 231 BC), Roman politician, consul 252 BC BC and 248 BC Chr.
• Gaius Aurelius Cotta (consul 200 BC) , Roman politician
• Gaius Aurelius Cotta (consul 75 BC) (around 124 BC – 74/73 BC), Roman politician
• Lucius Aurelius Cotta (Consul 144 BC) , Roman Consul
• Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC) , Roman consul
• Lucius Aurelius Cotta (tribune) , Roman tribune 103 BC. Chr.
• Lucius Aurelius Cotta (Praetor) , Roman Praetor around 95 BC. Chr.
• Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 65 BC) , Roman consul
• Marcus Aurelius Castus , Roman officer (imperial era)
• Marcus Aurelius Cotta , Roman politician, consul 74 BC. Chr.
• Marcus Aurelius Papirius Dionysius , Roman jurist and prefect of Egypt
• Marcus Aurelius Quirinus , Roman officer (imperial era)
• Titus Aurelius Fulvus (consul 85) , Roman senator
• Titus Aurelius Fulvus (Consul 89) , Roman Senator
• Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus , maiden name of Antoninus Pius (86–161), Roman emperor
• Lucius Aurelius Gallus (consul 146) , Roman suffect consul
• Lucius Aurelius Gallus (Consul 174) , Roman Consul
• Lucius Aurelius Gallus (consul 198) , Roman consul, governor of the Roman province of Moesia inferior (Lower Moesia )
• Gaius Aurelius Orestes , probably brother of the consul from 126 BC. Chr.
• Lucius Aurelius Orestes (Consul 157 BC) , Roman Consul
• Lucius Aurelius Orestes (consul 126 BC) , Roman consul
• Lucius Aurelius Orestes (consul 103 BC) († 103 BC), Roman consul
• Marcus Aurelius Scaurus († 105 BC), Roman senator, consul 105 BC. Chr.
• Marcus Aurelius Salvius , Roman officer (imperial era)
• Publius Aurelius Aurelianus , Roman officer (imperial era)
• Titus Aurelius Quietus , Consul 82
• Lucius Aurelius Flaccus , Roman suffect consul 140
• Gnaeus Munatius Aurelius Bassus , Roman officer (imperial era)

Others

Aurelius is also an epithet of Augustine of Hippo .

See also

• Aurelianus

literature

• Elimar Klebs , Otto Seeck : Aurelius . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2431.
• Rudolf Hanslik : Aurelius, 30. In: Little Pauly . 1979, Volume 1, Col. 769 f.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Crecelius : On the Latin etymology . Journal for the science of language, fourth volume, Greifswald 1853, p. 106 ff. Books.google