Cæciliānus, a Latin writer before the age of Cicero.
Cæcĭlii, a plebeian family at Rome, descended from Cæcas, one of the companions of Æneas, or from Cæculus the son of Vulcan, who built Præneste. This family gave birth to many illustrious generals and patriots.
Cæcĭlius Claudius Isidorus, a man who left in his will to his heirs, 4116 slaves, 3600 yokes of oxen, 257,000 small cattle, 600,000 pounds of silver. Pliny, bk. 33, ch. 10.——Epirus, a freedman of Atticus, who opened a school at Rome, and is said to have first taught reading to Virgil and some other growing poets.——A Sicilian orator in the age of Augustus, who wrote on the Servile wars, a comparison between Demosthenes and Cicero, and an account of the orations of Demosthenes.——Metellus. See: [Metellus].——Statius, a comic poet, deservedly commended by Cicero and Quintilian, though the orator, Letters to Atticus, calls him Malum Latinitatis auctorem. Above 30 of his comedies are mentioned by ancient historians, among which are his Nauclerus, Phocius, Epiclerus, Syracusæ, Fœnerator, Fallacia, Pausimachus, &c. He was a native of Gaul, and died at Rome 168 B.C., and was buried on the Janiculum. Horace, bk. 2, ltr. 1.
Cæcīna Tuscus, a son of Nero’s nurse, made governor of Egypt. Suetonius, Nero.——A Roman who wrote some physical treatises.——A citizen of Volaterræ defended by Cicero.
Cæcŭbum, a town of Campania in Italy, near the bay of Caieta, famous for the excellence and plenty of its wines. Strabo, bk. 5.—Horace, bk. 1, ode 20; bk. 2, ode 14, &c.
Cæcŭlus, a son of Vulcan, conceived, as some say, by his mother, when a spark of fire fell into her bosom. He was called Cæculus because his eyes were small. After a life spent in plundering and rapine, he built Præneste; but being unable to find inhabitants, he implored Vulcan to show whether he really was his father. Upon this a flame suddenly shone among a multitude who were assembled to see some spectacle, and they were immediately persuaded to become the subjects of Cæculus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 7, li. 680, says that he was found in fire by shepherds, and on that account called son of Vulcan, who is the god of fire.
Quintus Cædicius, a consul, A.U.C. 498.——Another, A.U.C. 465.——A military tribune in Sicily, who bravely devoted himself to rescue the Roman army from the Carthaginians, B.C. 254. He escaped with his life.——A rich person, &c. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 9, li. 362.——A friend of Turnus. Virgil, Æneid, bk. 10, lis. 7, 47.
Cælia lex, was enacted, A.U.C. 635, by Cælius, a tribune. It ordained, that in judicial proceedings before the people, in cases of treason, the votes should be given upon tablets contrary to the exception of the Cassian law.
Cælius, an orator, disciple to Cicero. He died very young. Cicero defended him when he was accused by Clodius of being accessary to Catiline’s conspiracy, and of having murdered some ambassadors from Alexandria, and carried on an illicit amour with Clodia the wife of Metellus. Pro Cælio.—Quintilian, bk. 10, ch. 1.——A man of Tarracina, found murdered in his bed. His sons were suspected of the murder, but acquitted. Valerius Maximus, bk. 8, ch. 1.——Aurelianus, a writer about 300 years after Christ, the best edition of whose works is that of Almeloveen, Amsterdam, 1722 and 1755.——Lucius Antipater, wrote a history of Rome, which Marcus Brutus epitomized, and which Adrian preferred to the histories of Sallust. Cælius flourished 120 years B.C. Valerius Maximus, bk. 1, ch. 7.—Cicero, bk. 13, Letters to Atticus, ltr. 8.——Tubero, a man who came to life after he had been carried to the burning pile. Pliny, bk. 7, ch. 52.——Vibienus, a king of Etruria, who assisted Romulus against the Cæninenses, &c.——Sabinus, a writer in the age of Vespasian, who composed a treatise on the edicts of the curule ediles.——One of the seven hills on which Rome was built. Romulus surrounded it with a ditch and rampart, and it was enclosed by walls by the succeeding kings. It received its name from Cælius, who assisted Romulus against the Sabines.
Cæmaro, a Greek, who wrote an account of India.