Comments for GAIUS:

Augustus' birth name was Gaius Octavius Minor. His father was Gaius Octavius Major. His eldest grandson, son of his only daughter Julia, was Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa (Later Gaius Caesar).

-- Cardwitch  5/6/2006

Gaius Caesar (Born Gaius Vipsanius Agrippa) was the eldest son of Julia the Elder, daughter of Augustus and her husband Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, a famous Roman general during the late 1st century BC. He and his younger brother Lucius were adopted by their grandfather Caesar Augustus (their mother’s father) and Gaius became the heir to the throne, however both he and his brother died prematurely in AD 2 and 4.

-- Cardwitch  9/29/2006

Gaius likely derives from the Etruscan word "cai" meaning "glad".

-- Midgard666  10/13/2006

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