Laelius is a name that can refer to:
People
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Gaius Laelius
Gaius Laelius was a Roman general and statesman, and a friend of Scipio Africanus, whom he accompanied on his Iberian campaign (210–206 BC; the Roman Hispania, comprising modern Spain and Portugal) and his African campaign (204–202 BC). His c ...
, a Roman statesman, who was consul in 190 BC and friend of Scipio Africanus
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Gaius Laelius Sapiens (consul of 140 BC), a Roman statesman, son of the above, who was consul in 140 BC, and was friend to Scipio's adoptive grandson Scipio Aemilianus
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Decimus Laelius
Decimus Laelius (born late-90s/early 80s BC) was a tribune of the plebs of the Roman Republic in 54 BC. In 59 BC, he was the lead prosecutor in the extortion case against L. Valerius Flaccus, who was defended by Cicero in the speech ''Pro Flacco''. ...
(tribune of the ''plebs'' 54 BC), one of the prosecutors Cicero opposed in the defense speech ''Pro Flacco''
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Laelius Socinus, a 16th-century humanist and reformer
Literature
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Laelius de Amicitia
''Laelius de Amicitia'' (or simply ''De Amicitia'') is a treatise on friendship ('' amicitia'') by the Roman statesman and author Marcus Tullius Cicero, written in 44 BC.
Background
The work is written as a dialogue between prominent figures of t ...
'', a philosophical dialog by Cicero on friendship, which is based on the second Gaius Laelius and his relationships with various great men
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Robert Pipon Marett
Sir Robert Pipon Marett (20 November 1820 – 10 November 1884, pseudonym ''Laelius'') was a lawyer, journalist, poet, politician, and Bailiff of Jersey from 1880 until his death.
Life and career
He was born in St. Peter on 20 November 1820 ...
, a Jersey poet who used the pen name ''Laelius''
Biology
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''Laelius'' (wasp), genus of wasp from the subfamily Epyrinae, family Bethylidae
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