Laelius
Laelius is a name that can refer to:
People
- Gaius Laelius, a Roman statesman, who was consul in 190 BC and friend of Scipio Africanus
- Gaius Laelius Sapiens (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
- Decimus Laelius (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
Literature
- Laelius de Amicitia, a philosophical dialog by Cicero on friendship, which is based on the second Gaius Laelius and his relationships with various great men
- Sir Robert Pipon Marett, a Jersey poet who used the pen name Laelius
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