Gaius, sometimes spelled
Caius, was a common Latin
praenomen
The praenomen (; plural: praenomina) was a first name chosen by the parents of a Ancient Rome, Roman child. It was first bestowed on the ''dies lustricus'' (day of lustration), the eighth day after the birth of a girl, or the ninth day after the ...
; see
Gaius (praenomen).
People
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Gaius (biblical figure) (1st century AD)
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Gaius (jurist)
Gaius (; ''floruit, fl.'' AD 130–180) was a Roman Empire, Roman jurist. Little is known about his personal life, including his name (Gaius or Caius being merely his personal name (''Roman naming conventions, praenomen'')). It is also difficult ...
(), Roman jurist
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Gaius Acilius
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Gaius Antonius
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Gaius Antonius Hybrida
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Gaius Asinius Gallus
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Gaius Asinius Pollio
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Gaius Ateius Capito
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Gaius Aurelius Cotta
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Gaius Calpurnius Piso
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Gaius Canuleius
Gaius Canuleius, according to Livy book 4, was a tribune of the plebs in 445 BC. He introduced a bill proposing that intermarriage between Patrician (ancient Rome), patricians and plebeians be allowed. As well, with his fellow tribunes he proposed ...
, a tribune
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Gaius Cassius Longinus
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Gaius Charles, American actor
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Gaius Claudius Glaber, Roman military commander during the Third Servile War
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Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior, consul in 49 BC
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Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor (88–40 BC), consul in 50 BC
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Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Roman orator famous for the annals and histories
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Gaius Duilius
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Gaius Fabricius Luscinus
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Gaius Flaminius
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Gaius Flavius Fimbria
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Gaius Gracchus
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Gaius Julius Alpinus Classicianus
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Gaius Julius Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappos, consul and Syrian prince
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Gaius Julius Caesar, mostly known as only "Julius Caesar"
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Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, sometimes known solely by his praenomen ("the Emperor Gaius"), mostly known by his nickname "Caligula"
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Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, mostly known as "Augustus Caesar"
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Gaius Julius Caesar Strabo
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Gaius Caesar (or Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa)
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Gaius Julius Callistus
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Gaius Julius Civilis
Gaius Julius Civilis (AD 25 – ) was the leader of the Batavian rebellion against the Romans in 69 AD. His Roman naming conventions, nomen shows that he (or one of his male ancestors) was made a Roman citizen (and thus, the tribe a Roman vassal) ...
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Gaius Julius Hyginus
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Gaius Julius Marcus
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Gaius Julius Priscus
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Gaius Julius Solinus
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Gaius Julius Solinus, better known simply as Solinus, was a Latin grammarian, geographer, and compiler who probably flourished in the early 3rd century AD. Historical scholar Theodor Mommsen dates him to the middle of the 3rd century. ...
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Gaius Julius Vindex, governor of Lusitania
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Gaius Laelius
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Gaius Licinius Stolo
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Gaius Livius Drusus
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Gaius Lucilius
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Gaius Lutatius Catulus
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Gaius Maecenas
Gaius Cilnius Maecenas ( 13 April 68 BC – 8 BC) was a friend and political advisor to Octavian (who later reigned as emperor Augustus). He was also an important patron for the new generation of Augustan poets, including both Horace and Virgil. ...
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Gaius Maesius Tertius
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Gaius Marcius Coriolanus
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Gaius Marcius Rutilus
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Gaius Marius
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Gaius Matius
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Gaius Memmius (disambiguation)
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Gaius Nautius Rutilus
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Gaius Octavius (disambiguation)
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Gaius Oppius
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Gaius Papirius Carbo, a consul of 120 BC
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Gaius Papirius Carbo Arvina, a tribune of 90 BC
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder ( ), was a Roman Empire, Roman author, Natural history, naturalist, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the Roman emperor, emperor Vesp ...
, wrote an encyclopedic work that became a model for all encyclopedias
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Gaius Popillius Laenas
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Gaius Rabirius
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Gaius Rubellius Blandus
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus
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Gaius Servilius Ahala
Gaius Servilius Ahala ( 439 BC) was a 5th-century BC politician of ancient Rome, considered by many later writers to have been a hero. His fame rested on the contention that he saved Rome from Spurius Maelius in 439 BC by killing him with a dagg ...
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Gaius Servilius Glaucia
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Gaius Suetonius Paulinus
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Gaius the Platonist a philosopher active in the 2nd century
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Gaius Valerius Catullus
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Gaius Valerius Flaccus
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Gaius Valerius Pudens
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Gaius Volusenus
Fictional characters
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Gaius Octavian (Rome character), ''Rome''
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Gaius Helen Mohiam, ''Dune''
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Gaius Baltar, ''Battlestar Galactica''
*Gaius Sextus, Gaius Septimus, and Gaius Octavian aka Tavi, characters from ''
Codex Alera''
*Gaius, a teacher, Doctor, herbalist, and character from ''
Merlin''
*Gaius Maro from ''
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim''
*Gaius, a thief unit from ''
Fire Emblem Awakening''
* Commander Gaius, a character from ''
Elden Ring''
* General Gaius, a character from ''
Dust: An Elysian Tail''
* Gaius Van Baelsar, a main antagonist of ''
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn''
* King Gaius, a character from ''
Tales of Xillia''
* Gaius, a blacksmith from ''
Rune Factory 3''
* Gaius, a character from the RPG game ''
Tears to Tiara''
* Gaius, the third colossus in ''
Shadow of the Colossus''
* Gaius Worzel, a playable character in ''
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel'' and its sequels
* John Gaius, the Emperor Undying in
Harrow the Ninth
See also
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Caius (disambiguation)
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Gaio
References
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Masculine given names
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