Aurelius - Definition and Overview

The Aurelii (meaning 'the golden') were a Roman gens. The male form was Aurelius and the feminine form was Aurelia. Its members included:

• Marcus Aurelius Cotta, consul
• Gaius Aurelius Cotta, consul
• Aurelia, mother of Julius Caesar
• Lucius Aurelius Cotta, consul
• Lucius Aurelius Orestes, consul
• Titus Aurelius Fuluus, consul
• Titus Aurelius Fuluus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, consul
• Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor
• Marcus Aurelius, emperor
• Commodus, his son, emperor
• Lucilla, Commodus' sister
• Lucius Aurelius Gallus, consul
• Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (Aurelian), a "soldier-emperor"
• Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, a Christian poet
• Ambrosius Aurelianus, possible historical basis for King Arthur
• Saint Aurelius, a fifth century Christian saint