The ''gens Catilia'' was a
Roman family of
imperial times. It is best known from
Lucius Catilius Severus,
consul in AD 120, and subsequently
praefectus urbi. He was the maternal ''proavus'', or great-grandfather, of the emperor
Marcus Aurelius. At one time he hoped to obtain the empire himself, but he was removed from his office after expressing his disapprobation at the adoption of
Antoninus Pius, who had been his colleague in the consulship.
Another Catilius Severus was a relative of the emperor
Alexander Severus, and a member of his ''consilium''. He is described by the historian
Lampridius as a ''vir omnium doctissimus'', "the most learned of men."
['' Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'', William Smith, Editor.]
See also
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List of Roman gentes
Footnotes
Roman gentes
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