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 praetor 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, Röm. Lit. § 408.