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Caelĭus (Coel- ), i, m.
I. A Roman gentile name.
A. The orator M. Caelius Rufus, for whom Cicero made an oration, and whose letters to Cicero are contained in the 8th book of the Epp. ad Famil.; Cic. Brut. 79, 273; Caes. B. C. 3, 20 sqq.; Vell. 2, 68, 1; Sen. Ira, 3, 8, 4; Quint. 10, 1, 115; v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 206, 5 sqq.—Hence, Caelĭānus , a, um, adj., Cœlian: “orationes,Tac. Or. 21.—
B. L. Caelius Antipater, a distinguished historian and jurist in the time of the Gracchi, and teacher of Crassus, Cic. Brut. 26, 102; id. de Or. 2, 12, 53; id. Leg. 1, 2, 6.—Hence, Caelĭāna , ōrum, n., the writings of Cœlius, Cic. Att. 13, 8; v. Teuffel. Röm. Litt. § 142.—
C. C. Caelius Caldus, an orator, contemporary with Crassus, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 117; id. Planc. 21, 52; id. Leg. 3, 16, 36.—
D. Caelius Aurelianus, a physician of the post - classic period, v. Teuffel, Röm. Litt. § 456.—
II. Caelius Mons, the Cœlian Hill at Rome, south of Palatinus, and east of Aventinus, named after the Tuscan Caeles Vibenna (pure Etrusc. Kaile Fipne), now the Lateran Mount, Varr L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; Cic. Rep. 2, 18, 33; id. Off. 3, 16, 66; Tac. A. 4, 65.—Called Caelius Major, Mart. 12, 18, 16; cf. Caeliolus.—The soldiers of this Caeles are called Caelĭāni , Varr. L. L. 5, § 46 Müll.; cf.: “CAELIANVS EXERCITVS,Inscr. Grut. 502, 1, 20.
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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 13.8
    • Cicero, For Plancius, 21.52
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.20
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.65
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 1.25
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 2.12
    • Seneca, de Ira, 3.8.4
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 1.2
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.16
    • Cicero, De Republica, 2.18
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.16
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.115
    • Cicero, Brutus, 26.102
    • Cicero, Brutus, 79.273
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