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Since, I'm guessing from the article, Aurelii means 'the golden', is 'the Aurelii' just another one of those examples of an erroneous double 'the' (like 'the hoi polloi')? If not, can someone who knows more than me make the inital sentence read a bit better? mat_x 13:55, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)
The name of the gens was "Aurelii;" therefore, they are "the Aurelii." Even though Aurelii means "the golden," Romans would still have used the Latin equivalent of "the" when referring to them. So, in short, the "the" is not an error. Kuralyov 06:29, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Was Marcus Aurelius Really One of the Aurelii?
I've traced out several generations of the emperor Marcus Aurelius' ancestors, and I don't see any evidence for calling him one of the Aurelii. His name at birth was Marcus Annius Caitilius Serverus, and at marriage he took the name Marcus Annius Verus--i.e., nothing Aurelian in either of them. His father was named Marcus Annius Verus, as was his paternal grandfather, and his paternal great-grandfather before that. His mother Domitia was of the Lucillus family.
It looks to me like he included the name Aurelius in the name he took on as emperor purely as a way of honoring his predecessor, adoptive father, and uncle *by maaariage only,* Antoninus Pius, who was clearly an Aurelian. (Antoninus Pius was born Titus Aurelius Fulvus, as were his father and grandfather before him.) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Unauthvu (talk • contribs) 22:55, 22 February 2007 (UTC).
