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The Aurelii (meaning 'the golden') were a Roman gens
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
. The male form was Aurelius and the feminine form was Aurelia. Its members included:










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The Aurelii (meaning 'the golden') were a Roman gens
Gens

In ancient Rome, a gens was a clan, caste, or group of families, that shared a common name and a belief in a common ancestor. In the Roman naming convention, the second name was the name of the gens to which the person belonged....
. The male form was Aurelius and the feminine form was Aurelia. Its members included:

  • Marcus Aurelius Cotta, consul
    Consul

    Consul was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Roman Empire. The title was also used in other city states, and revived in modern states, notably French Republic before the Napoleon I of Franceic counter-revolution....
  • Gaius Aurelius Cotta
    Gaius Aurelius Cotta

    Gaius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman statesman and orator; not to be confused with Gaius Aurelius L.f. Cotta who was Consul in 252 with Publius Servilius Q.f....
    , consul
  • Aurelia Cotta
    Aurelia Cotta

    Aurelia Cotta or Aurelia was the mother of dictator Gaius Julius Caesar. She was a daughter of Rutilia and Lucius Aurelius Cotta. Her father was consul in 119 BC and her paternal grandfather of the same name was consul in 144 BC....
    , mother of Julius Caesar
    Julius Caesar

    'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
  • Lucius Aurelius Cotta, consul
  • Lucius Aurelius Orestes, consul
  • Titus Aurelius Fuluus, consul
  • Titus Aurelius Fuluus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, consul
  • Antoninus Pius
    Antoninus Pius

    Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus , generally known in English as Antoninus Pius was Roman Emperors from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors and a member of the Aurelii....
    , Roman Emperor
    Roman Emperor

    The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman Empire during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin language titles such as imperator , Augustus , Caesar and princeps were all associated with it....
  • Marcus Aurelius
    Marcus Aurelius

    Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. He was the last of the "Five Good Emperors", and is also considered one of the most important stoicism philosophy....
    , emperor
  • Marcus Aurelius Commodus
    Commodus

    Lucius Aurelius Commodus Antoninus , was a Roman Emperor who ruled from 180 to 192 . The name given here was his official name at his accession to sole rule; see 'Commodus#Changes of name' for earlier and later forms....
    , his son, emperor
  • Lucilla
    Lucilla

    Annia Aurelia Galeria Lucilla was the second daughter and third child of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and Roman Empress Faustina the Younger and an elder sister to future Roman Emperor Commodus....
    , Commodus' sister
  • Lucius Aurelius Gallus, consul
  • Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (Aurelian
    Aurelian

    Lucius Domitius Aurelianus , known in English as Aurelian, Roman Emperor , was the second of several highly successful "soldier-emperors" who helped the Roman Empire regain its power during the latter part of the third century and the beginning of the fourth....
    ), a "soldier-emperor". His father was tenant for a senator called Aurelius, thus the name of the family.
  • Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, a Christian
    Christian

    A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
     poet
    Poet

    A poet is a person who writes poetry....
  • Ambrosius Aurelianus
    Ambrosius Aurelianus

    Ambrosius Aurelianus, ; called Aurelius Ambrosius in the Historia Regum Britanniae and elsewhere, was a King of the Britons of the Romano-British who won an important battle against the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century, according to Gildas....
    , possible historical basis for King Arthur
    Historical basis for King Arthur

    The historical basis of King Arthur is a source of considerable debate among historians. The King Arthur of Arthurian legend appears in many legends but it has not been decisively established whether his origin was entirely mythical or whether he was based on one or more historical figures....
  • Saint Aurelius
    Saint Aurelius

    Saint Aurelius was Christian saint who died around 430. He was a bishop of Carthage from ca. 391 and led a number of ecclesiastical councils on Christian doctrine....
    , a fifth century Christian saint
  • Aurelius, one of the Martyrs of Córdoba
    Martyrs of Córdoba

    The hagiography of the forty-eight Martyrs of C?rdoba was developed in Christianity Spain, describing in detail their executions for capital violations of Sharia in al-Andalus....
     - see Aurelius and Natalia
    Aurelius and Natalia

    Aurelius and Natalia were Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of C?rdoba, and are counted among the Martyrs of C?rdoba....


Placenames

  • Aurelius, New York
    Aurelius, New York

    Aurelius is a town in Cayuga County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 2,936 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Marcus Aurelius....
  • Aurelius Township, Michigan
    Aurelius Township, Michigan

    Aurelius Township is a civil township of Ingham County, Michigan in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 3,318....
  • Aurelius Township, Washington County, Ohio
    Aurelius Township, Washington County, Ohio

    Aurelius Township is one of the twenty-two civil township of Washington County, Ohio, Ohio, United States. The United States Census, 2000 found 441 people in the township, 239 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township....