Caesia (gens)

Origin of the gens

Praenomina used by the gens

Branches and cognomina of the gens

Members of the gens

• Lucius Caesius, triumvir monetalis in 112 or 111 BC. His coins feature the Lares Praestites, the guardian spirits of Rome.
• Marcus Caesius, praetor in 75 BC.
• Marcus Caesius, a rapacious farmer of the tithes in Sicilia during the administration of Verres, in and after 73 BC.
• Lucius Caesius, a friend of Cicero, who accompanied him during his administration as proconsul in Cilicia in 50 BC.
• Marcus Caesius, an intimate friend of Cicero, who held the office of aedile at Arpinum, the only municipium which had such a magistracy, in 47 BC.
• Publius Caesius, an eques of Ravenna, enrolled as a Roman citizen by Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo.
• Sextus Caesius, an eques, mentioned by Cicero as a man of great honesty and integrity.
• Titus Caesius, a jurist, and pupil of Servius Sulpicius Rufus.
• Caesius Cordus, governor of Crete during the reign of Tiberius, accused of extortion and condemned.
• Caesius Nasica, commander of a legion in Britain under Aulus Didius Gallus.
• Caesius Bassus, a lyric poet of the 1st century, who perished in the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79.
• Caesius Bassus, a grammarian of uncertain date, author of the tract Ars Caesii Bassi de Metris.
• Titus Caesius Taurinus, a poet, who probably lived in the 4th century, and the author of a poem, Votum Fortunae.

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