Aurelii
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The Aurelii (meaning 'the golden') were a Roman gens. The male form was Aurelius and the feminine form was Aurelia. Its members included:
- Marcus Aurelius Cotta, consul
- Gaius Aurelius Cotta, consul
- Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar
- Lucius Aurelius Cotta, consul
- Lucius Aurelius Orestes, consul
- Titus Aurelius Fuluus, consul
- Titus Aurelius Fuluus Boionius Arrius Antoninus, consul
- Antoninus Pius, Roman Emperor
- Marcus Aurelius, emperor
- Marcus Aurelius Commodus, his son, emperor
- Lucilla, Commodus' sister
- Lucius Aurelius Gallus, consul
- Lucius Domitius Aurelianus (Aurelian), a "soldier-emperor". His father was tenant for a senator called Aurelius, thus the name of the family.
- Aurelius Clemens Prudentius, a Christian poet
- Ambrosius Aurelianus, possible historical basis for King Arthur
- Saint Aurelius, a fifth century Christian saint
- Aurelius, one of the Martyrs of Córdoba - see Aurelius and Natalia
