Gaius

Gaius ( Caius also, Greek Γάιος Gaios, Caius or Gaius latter day also ) was a common Roman first name.

According to the Liber de praenominibus ( " About the name" ), an anonymous appendix to the Factorum et dictorum memorabilium of Valerius Maximus, the name of gaudium, the joy of the parents passes through the birth of her. The name may appear together with his female form Gaia in the traditionally spoken by the bride wedding formula UBI TU GAIUS EGO GAIA.

The spelling varies, since the Romans originally written not between C (phonetic always K) distinguished and G, ie only later were hung to the C a check mark in (G ) to characterize the softening. In inscriptions the name is therefore abbreviated as C.. For women, the C had been turned over, according to Quintilian.

In Germany, the first name is rarely used today.

Bearers of the name

Real people

  • Gaius Terentius Varro, 216 BC, Consul and the Roman commander at the Battle of Cannae
  • Gaius Marius ( 156 BC *, † 86 BC), Roman general and statesman
  • Gaius Sempronius Gracchus ( 153 BC *, † 121 BC ), Roman tribune
  • Gaius Iulius Caesar (* 100 BC, † 44 BC ), Roman statesman, general and author
  • Augustus ( Gaius Octavius ​​was born as, * 63 BC, † 14 AD), Roman emperor
  • Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( August 31, 12 in Antium; † January 24, 41 in Rome), Roman Emperor, posthumously known as Caligula
  • Gaius ( jurist ), a Roman jurist
  • Gaius of Ephesus, one of the seventy disciples ( he will host the Apostle Paul in Ephesus mentioned (Rom 16:23) )
  • Gaius of Milan († angebl. Around 85), according to legend, an early bishop of Milan
  • Gaios, philosopher ( Platonist ), 1st half of the 2nd century
  • Gaius of Rome, theologian of the Roman community by 200
  • Caius ( bishop of Rome) († 296 ), 283-296 Bishop of Rome
  • Diocletian ( Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian, † about 312), Roman emperor
  • Constantine the Great ( Flavius ​​Valerius Constantinus Gaius, † 337 ), Roman emperor
  • John Caius (1510-1573), English court physician
  • Caius Heinzmann, member of the band flowerpot
  • Gaius Julius Caesar (* 1951), German politician ( CDU)

Fictional characters

  • A Roman boy is the hero of the novel trilogy Caius, the rascal from ancient Rome the German youth book author Henry Winterfeld ( Caius is a fool, a light goes on Caius, Caius in the terminal).
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