Gaius facts for kids

Gaius, sometimes spelled Caius, was a common given name in Latin. When written, it is often abbreviated C.; the abbreviation goes back to before the Roman alphabet distinguished between the letters C and G.

Some people with this name:

• Caligula, the Roman emperor
• Gaius Caesar, adopted son of emperor Augustus
• Gaius (jurist),a lawyer of the 2nd century; one of the authories on Roman law
• Gaius the Platonist, a 2nd century philosopher
• Pope Caius, a bishop of Rome in the 3rd century
• Gaius Cassius Longinus, senator
• Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, historian
• Gaius Terentius Varro, senator; commander in the Battle of Cannae in the Second Punic War
• Gaius Julius Caesar, the Roman dictator
• Gaius Gracchus
• Gaius Iulius Vindex
• Pliny the Elder
• Pliny the Younger
• Galerius
• Diocletian

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