Laelia gens
Roman gens
The gens Laelia was a plebeian family at Rome. The first of the gens to obtain the consulship was Gaius Laelius in 190 BC.
Branches and cognomina
The only family name of the Laelii was Balbus, a common cognomen, referring to one who stammers. A few of the Laelii used personal surnames, such as Sapiens ("wise"), by which the Laelius who was a friend of the younger Scipio Africanus was sometimes known.
Members
This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation.
Early Laelii
Gaius Laelius, grandfather of Gaius Laelius, consul in 190 BC.
Gaius Laelius C. f., the father of Gaius Laelius, consul in 190 BC.
Gaius Laelius C. f. C. n., consul in 190 BC, was a friend of the elder Scipio Africanus, to whom he acted as legate throughout the Second Punic War. After his consulship, he helped colonize the territory of the Boii. He was appointed to several other commissions and embassies through 170.
Gaius Laelius C. f.
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