Aurēlĭus (Ausēlĭus, Paul. ex Fest. p. 23 Müll.), a, um, adj.
- I.
- A. A Roman nomen, e. g. M. Aurelius Antoninus, L. Aurelius Cotta; hence,
- B. Esp.
- 1. Aurelia Via, the Aurelian Way, made by a certain Aurelius, otherwise unknown; it consisted of two parts: VETVS ET NOVA, Inscr. Orell. 3307; the former ran from the Porta Janiculensis (now Porta di S. Pancrazio) of the northern coast to Pisa, later to Arelate; the latter was a small branch which led from the Porta Aurelia (now Castel S. Angelo) four thousand paces, to the former The via vetus Cicero mentions in Cat. 2, 4, 6; Phil. 12, 9.
- 2. Aurelia lex.
- (α) Judiciaria, of the prœtor L. Aurelius Cotta (A. U. C. 684), acc. to which the Senatores, Equites, and Tribuni aerarii were invested with judicial power, Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 19 sq.; Vell. 2, 32; Ascon. ad Div. in Caecil. 3.
- (β) De ambitu, of unknown origin, Cic. ad Q. Fr. 1, 3 fin.
- 3. Forum Aurelium, a town in Etruria, on the Via Aurelia, near the present village Castellacio, Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; cf. Mann. Ital. I. p. 370.
- 4. Aurelium tribunal, in the forum, of unknown origin (perh, made by L. Aurelius Cotta), Cic. Sest. 15; id. ad Quir. 5, 14; also called Gradus Aurelii, id. Clu. 34, 93; id. Fl. 28.
- II. Sextus Aurelius Victor, a Roman historian of the fourth century; cf. Bähr, Lit. Gesch. p. 342 sq.; Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 408.