Coelia gens explained

The gens Coelia, occasionally written Coilia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The Coelii are frequently confounded with the Caelii, with some individuals called Caelius in manuscripts, while they appear as Coelius or Coilius on coins. The first of this gens who obtained the consulship was Gaius Coelius Caldus in 94 BC.[1]

Praenomina

The Caelii mentioned in history used the praenomina Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus, all of which were amongst the most common names at Rome.

Branches and cognomina

There only regular surname of this gens under the Republic was Caldus, derived from the Latin Latin: calidus, which translates "hot" or "rash". The same cognomen also gave rise to the Latin: [[Nomen gentilicium|gentilicium]] Calidius.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Members

Early Coelii

Coelii Caldi

Later Coelii

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 532 ("Caelia or Coelia Gens").
  2. Chase, pp. 111, 122.
  3. Cicero, De Inventione, ii. 9.
  4. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 561 ("Caldus").
  5. Cassell's Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. v. calidus.
  6. Livy, xliii. 21.
  7. Broughton, vol. I, p. 422.
  8. Broughton, vol. II, p. 71.
  9. ILLRP, 402.
  10. Broughton, vol. II, pp. 210, 228, 273, 288.
  11. Sherk, "Senatus Consultum De Agro Pergameno", p. 367.
  12. Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, ii. 15, 19, Epistulae ad Atticum, vi. 2, 4-6, vii. 1.
  13. Velleius Paterculus, ii. 20.
  14. Book: Eck, Werner . Studia Epigraphica in Memoriam Géza Alföldy . Fehér . Bence . Kovács . Péter . R. Habelt . 2013 . 978-3-7749-3866-3 . Antiquitas. Reihe 1, Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte . Bonn . 69–90 . de . Die Fasti consulares der Regierungszeit des Antoninus Pius. Eine Bestandsaufnahme seit Géza Alföldys Konsulat und Senatorenstand . Werner Eck.
  15. Tacitus, Historiae, i. 60.
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