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Gaius

noun
1.
Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41).  Synonyms: Caligula, Gaius Caesar.



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... of B.C. 57 Catullus went to Bithynia on the staff of the propraetor C. Memmius (cc. 10 and 28). From c. 10, 29, 'meus sodalis Cinna est Gaius,' we see that C. Helvius Cinna accompanied him. In c. 46, 9 he speaks of the pleasant meetings of the staff, 'O dulces comitum valete coetus.' C. 46 shows that Catullus left Bithynia in the spring of the following year: ...
— The Student's Companion to Latin Authors • George Middleton

... stranger did not lodge in the street; I opened my doors to the traveller;" a good widow, in the apostolic age, is described as washing the saints' feet, relieving the afflicted, and lodging strangers; and Gaius is represented as receiving Christian ministers into his house ...
— Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I • Francis Augustus Cox

... A man might be manumitted so as either to have the complete citizenship or not. If Plutarch's account is true, the citizenship was sold to those libertini who were of the class Dediticii or Latini. (Gaius, i. 12, &c.)] ...
— Plutarch's Lives, Volume II • Aubrey Stewart & George Long



Words linked to "Gaius" :   Roman Emperor, Emperor of Rome, Gaius Cassius Longinus



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