- Aelia gens
Aelia was an ancient Roman
gens , plebeian, of which the family names and surnames areCatus ,Gallus ,Gracilis , Lamia,Ligur ,Paetus ,Staienus ,Stilo andTubero . On coins this gens is also written "Ailia", but "Allia" seems to be a distinct gens.The only family-names and surnames of the Aelia gens upon coins are "Bala", "Lamia", "Paetus" and "Sejanus". Of Bala nothing is known.
Sejanus is the name of the favorite ofTiberius , who was adopted by one of the Aelii. The first member of this gens who obtained the consulship was Publius Aelius Paetus, in337 BC . Under the empire the Aelian name became still more celebrated. It was the name of the emperorHadrian , and consequently of theAntonines , whom he adopted. [Citation
last = Smith
first = William
author-link = William Smith (lexicographer)
contribution = Aelia gens
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 27-28
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0036.html ]It is doubtful to which family Publius Aelius belonged who was one of the first plebeian
quaestor s in409 BC . [Livy , iv. 54]Notable Aelii
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Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus , consul in45 and 74 AD.
* See alsoAelius .References
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