Laelius is a name that can refer to:
People
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Gaius Laelius
Gaius Laelius was a Roman general and statesman, and a friend of Scipio Africanus, whom he accompanied on his Iberian campaign (210–206 BC; the Roman Hispania, comprising modern Spain and Portugal) and his African campaign (204–202 BC). His co ...
, a Roman statesman, who was consul in 190 BC and friend of Scipio Africanus
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Gaius Laelius Sapiens
Gaius Laelius Sapiens (born c. 188 BC), was a Roman statesman, best known for his friendship with the Roman general and statesman Scipio Aemilianus (Scipio the Younger) (d. 129 BC). He was consul of 140 BC, elected with the help of his friend, b ...
(consul of 140 BC), a Roman statesman, son of the above, who was consul in 140 BC, and was friend to Scipio's adoptive grandson Scipio Aemilianus
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Decimus Laelius
Decimus Laelius (born late-90s/early 80s BC) was a tribune of the plebs of the Roman Republic in 54 BC. In 59 BC, he was the lead prosecutor in the extortion case against L. Valerius Flaccus, who was defended by Cicero in the speech ''Pro Flacco''. ...
(tribune of the ''plebs'' 54 BC), one of the prosecutors Cicero opposed in the defense speech ''Pro Flacco''
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Laelius Socinus, a 16th-century humanist and reformer
Literature
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Laelius de Amicitia'', a philosophical dialog by Cicero on friendship, which is based on the second Gaius Laelius and his relationships with various great men
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Robert Pipon Marett, a Jersey poet who used the pen name ''Laelius''
Biology
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''Laelius'' (wasp), genus of wasp from the subfamily Epyrinae, family Bethylidae
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