Laelius
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Laelius is a personal name and can refer to:
- Gaius LaeliusGaius LaeliusGaius Laelius — also Caius Lelius — general and statesman, was a friend of Scipio Africanus, whom he accompanied on his Iberian campaign...
, a Roman statesman, who was consul in 190 BC and friend of Scipio AfricanusScipio AfricanusPublius Cornelius Scipio Africanus , also known as Scipio Africanus and Scipio the Elder, was a general in the Second Punic War and statesman of the Roman Republic... - Gaius Laelius SapiensGaius Laelius SapiensGaius Laelius G.f. Sapiens , was a Roman statesman, best known for his friendship with the Roman general and statesman Scipio Aemilianus . He was consul of 140 BC, elected with the help of his friend, by then censor, after failing to be elected in 141 BC. Gaius Laelius G.f...
(consul of 140 BC), a Roman statesman, son of the above, who was consul in 140 BC, and was friend to Scipio's adoptive grandson Scipio Aemilianus - Laelius de AmicitiaLaelius de AmicitiaLaelius de Amicitia — or simply De Amicitia — is a treatise on friendship by the Roman statesman and author Marcus Tullius Cicero.-Summary:...
, a philosophical dialog by Cicero on friendship, which is based on the second Gaius Laelius and his relationships with various great men - Decimus LaeliusDecimus LaeliusDecimus Laelius was a tribune of the plebs of the Roman Republic in 54 BC. In 59 BC, he was the lead prosecutor in the extortion case against L. Valerius Flaccus, who was defended by Cicero in the speech Pro Flacco....
(tribune of the plebs 54 BC), one of the prosecutors Cicero opposed in the defense speech Pro Flacco - Laelius Socinus, a 16th Century Humanist and Reformer
- Sir Robert Pipon MarettRobert Pipon MarettSir Robert Pipon Marett was a lawyer, journalist, poet, politician, and Bailiff of Jersey from 1880 until his death.He was born in St. Peter on 20 November 1820 and studied at the University of Caen and the Sorbonne...
, a Jersey poet who used the pen name Laelius