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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)
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).
Marcus Aurelius was from the gens Annia by birth. He was adopted by Antoninus Pius, thus resulting in him being part of the gens Aurelia by adoption. Lupus Bellator ( talk) 18:31, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The Aurelii introduced in Rome the cult of the sun and for holding its rites the state assigned to them a plot of public land. Festus states this p. 120 L second. Interestingly they were of Sabin origin and their name should have been originally Auselii, in the Sabin language ausil meaning the sun (cf. Etr. god Usil) according to Varro Lingua Latina V 68 and Festus loc. cit. Aldrasto11 ( talk) 04:01, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Please keep the neutral era tag "BCE" and "CE". I would prefer it in this form. Lupus Bellator ( talk) 18:44, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The mother of the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar was Aurelia Cotta of the family Aurelia Cotta. I suggest that she be placed under her specific family rather than under "Others". Zoetropo ( talk) 12:11, 30 January 2015 (UTC)
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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)
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).
Marcus Aurelius was from the gens Annia by birth. He was adopted by Antoninus Pius, thus resulting in him being part of the gens Aurelia by adoption. Lupus Bellator ( talk) 18:31, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The Aurelii introduced in Rome the cult of the sun and for holding its rites the state assigned to them a plot of public land. Festus states this p. 120 L second. Interestingly they were of Sabin origin and their name should have been originally Auselii, in the Sabin language ausil meaning the sun (cf. Etr. god Usil) according to Varro Lingua Latina V 68 and Festus loc. cit. Aldrasto11 ( talk) 04:01, 10 July 2010 (UTC)
Please keep the neutral era tag "BCE" and "CE". I would prefer it in this form. Lupus Bellator ( talk) 18:44, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
The mother of the dictator Gaius Julius Caesar was Aurelia Cotta of the family Aurelia Cotta. I suggest that she be placed under her specific family rather than under "Others". Zoetropo ( talk) 12:11, 30 January 2015 (UTC)