Ælius Adriānus

, an African, grandfather to the emperor Adrian.――Gallus, a Roman knight, the first who invaded Arabia Felix. He was very intimate with Strabo the geographer, and sailed on the Nile with him to take a view of the country. Pliny , bk. 6 , ch. 28 .――Publius, one of the first questors chosen from the plebeians at Rome. Livy , bk. 4 , ch. 54 .――Quintus Ælius Pætus, son of Sextus or Publius. As he sat in the senate house, a woodpecker perched on his head; upon which a soothsayer exclaimed, that if he preserved the bird, his house would flourish, and Rome decay; and if he killed it, the contrary must happen. Hearing this, Ælius, in the presence of the senate, bit off the head of the bird. All the youths of his family were killed at Cannæ, and the Roman arms were soon attended with succe . Valerius Maximus , bk. 5 , ch. 6 .――Saturn in us, a satirist, thrown down from the Tarpeian rock for writing verses against Tiberius.――Sejānus. See: Sejanus .――Sextus Catus, censor with Marcus Cethegus. He separated the senators from the people in the public spectacles. During his consulship, the amba adors of the Ætolians found him feasting in earthen dishes, and offered him silver ve els, which he refused, satisfied with the earthen cups, . , which, for his virtues, he had received from his father-in-law, Lucius Paulus, after the conquest of Macedonia. Pliny , bk. 33 , ch. 11 .— Cicero , On Oratory , bk. 1 .――Spartiānus, wrote the lives of the emperors Adrian, Ant on in us Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. He flourished A.D. 240.――Tubero, grandson of Lucius Paulus, was austere in his morals, and a formidable enemy to the Gracchi. His grandson was accused before Cæsar, and ably defended by Cicero. Cicero , Letters to Brutus .――Verus Cæsar, the name of Lucius Ceionius Commodus Verus, after Adrian had adopted him. He was made pretor and consul by the emperor, who was soon convinced of his incapacity in the discharge of public duty. He killed himself by drinking an antidote; and Ant on in us, surnamed Pius, was adopted in his place. Ælius was father to Ant on in us Verus, whom Pius adopted.――A physician mentioned by Galen.――Lucius Gallus, a lawyer, who wrote 12 books concerning the signification of all law words.――Sextus Pætus, a lawyer, consul at Rome, A.U.C. 566. He is greatly commended by Cicero for his learning, and called cord at us homo by Ennius for his knowledge of law. Cicero , On Oratory , bk. 1 , ch. 48 ; Brutus , ch. 20 .――Stilo, a native of Lanuvium, master to Marcus Terentius Varro, and author of some treatises.――Lamia. Lamia.