# Caius

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{{About|the name|the Cambridge college|Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge}}
In Latin, '''Caius''' is an archaic spelling of the Latin [praenomen](/source/praenomen) [Gaius](/source/Gaius), pronounced /ga:ius/. In early [Latin](/source/Latin_language), the letter C was used for both /g/ and /k/; and the names Gaius and Gnaeus were spelt Caius and Cnaius and continued to be so in inscriptions, after the letter G was introduced, and C was confined to the /k/ sound. Notably, the name of Gaius Iulius Caesar is abbreviated CIC.

In English, Caius is a latinized spelling of the last name of [John Keys](/source/John_Caius) of [Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge](/source/Gonville_and_Caius_College%2C_Cambridge).

'''Caius''' may refer to:
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==People==
===Given name===
====Ancient world====
* [Pope Caius](/source/Pope_Caius) (died 296), Bishop of Rome and martyr
* [Caius (bishop of Milan)](/source/Caius_(bishop_of_Milan)), bishop of Milan in the early 3rd-century, saint
* [Caius (presbyter)](/source/Caius_(presbyter)), early 3rd century Christian writer
* [Caius Largennius](/source/Caius_Largennius) (died c. 50), Roman legionary 

====Modern era====
* [Caius of Korea](/source/Caius_of_Korea) (1571–1624), Catholic missionary, one of the ''Martyrs of Japan''
* [Caius Brediceanu](/source/Caius_Brediceanu) (1879–1953), Romanian politician and diplomat
* [Caius Gabriel Cibber](/source/Caius_Gabriel_Cibber) (1630–1700), Danish sculptor
* [Caius Iacob](/source/Caius_Iacob) (1912–1992), Romanian mathematician and politician
* [Caius Lungu](/source/Caius_Lungu) (1989–2025), Romanian footballer
* [Caius Novac](/source/Caius_Novac) (1821–?), Romanian footballer
* [Caius Welcker](/source/Caius_Welcker) (1885–1939), Dutch footballer

===Surname===
* [Jean Ferdinand Caius](/source/Jean_Ferdinand_Caius) (1877–1944), French botanist and naturalist who worked in India
* [John Caius the Elder](/source/John_Caius_the_Elder) ({{fl.|1480}}), English poet
* [John Caius](/source/John_Caius) (1510–1573), English physician and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
* [Thomas Caius](/source/Thomas_Caius) (died 1572), English academic and administrator, Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford

==Fictional characters==
===In Shakespeare's plays===
*Caius, in the play ''[King Lear](/source/King_Lear)'', the name that the Earl of Kent takes when in disguise
*Caius, the protagonist in ''[Coriolanus](/source/Coriolanus)''
*Caius Lucius, Roman ambassador and later general in ''[Cymbeline](/source/Cymbeline)''
*Doctor Caius, a French doctor in ''[The Merry Wives of Windsor](/source/The_Merry_Wives_of_Windsor)''
*Caius, a casual nomer used in Camus’ play “Caligula” to refer to the tyrannical emperor of the same name.

===Other===
*Caius, in ''[Sir John in Love](/source/Sir_John_in_Love)'', a 1929 English opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on Shakespeare's ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''
*Caius, in the book ''[The Skystone](/source/The_Skystone)'' by Jack Whyte
*Caius, in the ''[Twilight](/source/Twilight_(novel_series))'' series by Stephenie Meyer
*Caius Ballad, the main antagonist in the video game ''[Final Fantasy XIII-2](/source/Final_Fantasy_XIII-2)''
*Caius Cosades, Grand Spymaster of the Blades in the video game ''[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind](/source/The_Elder_Scrolls_III%3A_Morrowind)''
*Caius, in the 1960 film ''[Spartacus](/source/Spartacus_(film))'', played by John Hoyt
*Caius Lao Vistaille, one of the protagonists in the [manga](/source/manga) (and later [anime](/source/anime) based on it) ''[The Titan's Bride](/source/The_Titan's_Bride)''
*Caius Qualls, the main protagonist of the video game ''[Tales of the Tempest](/source/Tales_of_the_Tempest)''
* Caius, an AI warrior played by [Cameron Monaghan](/source/Cameron_Monaghan) in the film ''[Tron: Ares](/source/Tron%3A_Ares)''

==See also==
*[Caius Choirbook](/source/Caius_Choirbook), an illuminated choirbook
*[Caio (disambiguation)](/source/Caio_(disambiguation))
*[Cayo (disambiguation)](/source/Cayo_(disambiguation))
*[Cai (name)](/source/Cai_(name))

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Category:Romanian masculine given names

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