Gellier

The Gellier ( gentile name Gellius ) were a Roman family ( gens Gellia ). The nomen gentile is probably on one since the 3rd century BC. Chr. Attested to Samnite first names. The Roman bearers of the name have been around since the 2nd century BC. To prove.

Important representatives

• Statius Gellius , general of the Samnites , 305 BC. Defeated and captured at Bovianum .
• Gnaeus Gellius , Roman historian, probably wrote towards the end of the 2nd century BC. Chr. Annales (yearbooks).
• Lucius Gellius Publicola (Consul 72 BC)
• Gellius, stepbrother of Lucius Marcius Philippus (consul 56 BC) , follower of Publius Clodius Pulcher , defamed by Marcus Tullius Cicero .
• Publicius Gellius , Roman lawyer; possibly identical to
• Lucius Gellius Publicola (consul 36 BC) , follower of Clodius, then of Marcus Junius Brutus and Mark Antony
• Aulus Gellius , 2nd century AD writer, Noctes Atticae
• Aulus Gellius Celer , Prefect of the Classis Flavia Moesica 127

literature

• Hans Georg Gundel , W. Strzelecki: Gellius. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 2, Stuttgart 1967, Col. 726-728.