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Coelia gens

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Denarius issued by Gaius Coelius Caldus in 104 BC. The obverse depicts a head of Roma, the reverse Victoria driving a biga.[1]

The gens Coelia, occasionally written Coilia, was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. The Coelii are frequently confounded with the Caelii, with some individuals called Caelius in manuscripts, while they appear as Coelius or Coilius on coins. The first of this gens who obtained the consulship was Gaius Coelius Caldus in 94 BC.[2]

Praenomina

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The Caelii mentioned in history used the praenomina Lucius, Gaius, and Marcus, all of which were amongst the most common names at Rome.

Branches and cognomina

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There only regular surname of this gens under the Republic was Caldus, derived from the Latin calidus, which translates "hot" or "rash". The same cognomen also gave rise to the gentilicium Calidius.[2][3][4][5][6]

Members

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This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.

Early Coelii

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Coelii Caldi

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  • Gaius Coelius C. f., a senator in 129 BC, probably the father of Gaius Coelius Caldus, the consul of 94 BC.[13]
  • Gaius Coelius C. f. C. n. Caldus, consul in 94 BC, a novus homo and minor orator.
  • Lucius Coelius C. f. C. n. Caldus, septemvir epulo.[14][15]
  • Gaius Coelius L. f. C. n. Caldus, quaestor under Cicero in Cilicia in 50 BC; when Cicero departed the province, he left the administration in the hands of Caldus.[16][17]
  • Coelius Caldus, taken prisoner by the Germans following the defeat of Publius Quinctilius Varus in AD 9, killed himself rather than be subjected to the torture he anticipated.[18]

Later Coelii

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, p. 324.
  2. ^ a b Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 532 ("Caelia or Coelia Gens").
  3. ^ Chase, pp. 111, 122.
  4. ^ Cicero, De Inventione, ii. 9.
  5. ^ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. I, p. 561 ("Caldus").
  6. ^ Cassell's Latin & English Dictionary, s. v. v. calidus.
  7. ^ Livy, xliii. 21.
  8. ^ Broughton, vol. I, p. 422.
  9. ^ RE, vol. 4.1, col. 185; supplement 3, col. 255 (Coelius 6).
  10. ^ Broughton, vol. II, p. 71.
  11. ^ ILLRP, 402.
  12. ^ Broughton, vol. II, pp. 210, 228, 273, 288.
  13. ^ Sherk, "Senatus Consultum De Agro Pergameno", p. 367.
  14. ^ RE, vol. 4.1, col. 196 (Coelius 15).
  15. ^ Crawford 1974, p. 459.
  16. ^ Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares, ii. 15, 19, Epistulae ad Atticum, vi. 2, 4-6, vii. 1.
  17. ^ RE, vol. 4.1, col. 196 (Coelius 14).
  18. ^ Velleius Paterculus, ii. 20.
  19. ^ Eck, Werner; Fehér, Bence; Kovács, Péter (2013). "Die Fasti consulares der Regierungszeit des Antoninus Pius. Eine Bestandsaufnahme seit Géza Alföldys Konsulat und Senatorenstand". Studia Epigraphica in Memoriam Géza Alföldy. Antiquitas. Reihe 1, Abhandlungen zur alten Geschichte (in German). Bonn: R. Habelt. pp. 69–90. ISBN 978-3-7749-3866-3.
  20. ^ Tacitus, Historiae, i. 60.
  21. ^ CIL XV, 900, CIL XV, 1057
  22. ^ CIL VI, 2145
  23. ^ RE, vol. 4.1, col. 831 (Concordia 4).

Bibliography

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