Lucius

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Lucius is one of the small group of common forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome. Famous men with this forename (praenomen) include:

Lucius Valerius Flaccus - consul in 100 BC
Lucius Cornelius Sulla - a leader in the Social War of (91-88 BC), elected dictator for life in 81 BC
Lucius Cornelius Cinna - Julius Caesar's Father-in-Law
Lucius Sergius Catilina - the leader of a conspiracy in 63 BC
Lucius Hunt - Australian progressive alternative rock band
Lucius Antonius - brother of Mark Antony
Lucius Caesar - grandson of Augustus Caesar
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus - brother of Scipio Africanus, the victor of the Battle of Magnesia
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus - later the Emperor Nero
Lucius of Cyrene - (Acts of the Apostles Ch. 4)
Lucius Apuleius - Author of The Golden Ass
Ho Chi Minh - Lucius = CIA Handle for Ho Chi Minh before the Vietnam War
Lucius D. Clay - American general
Pope Lucius I
Pope Lucius II
Pope Lucius III

Fictional characters named Lucius

Lucius - The main character of The Golden Ass
Lucius - a character from Le Morte d'Arthur
Lucius Malfoy - character in the Harry Potter books, father of Draco Malfoy
Lucius Fox - CEO of Wayne Enterprises from the Batman comics
Lucius Best/Frozone, cryokinetic superhero from The Incredibles and a long time friend of the Incredible Family.

Lucius may derive from Latin luceo, "to be bright" (<PIE *leuk-, "brightness"). Another etymology proposed is a derivation from Etruscan lauchum, "king", which however was transferred into Latin as lucumo.

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