Editing Caius

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In Latin, '''Caius''' is an archaic spelling of the Latin [[praenomen]] [[Gaius]], pronounced /ga:ius/. In early [[Latin language|Latin]], 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 Caius|John Keys]] of [[Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge]].

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

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

===Surname===
* [[Jean Ferdinand Caius]] (1877–1944), French botanist and naturalist who worked in India
* [[John Caius the Elder]] ({{fl.|1480}}), English poet
* [[John Caius]] (1510–1573), English physician and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
* [[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]]'', the name that the Earl of Kent takes when in disguise
*Caius, the protagonist in ''[[Coriolanus]]''
*Caius Lucius, Roman ambassador and later general in ''[[Cymbeline]]''
*Doctor Caius, a French doctor in ''[[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]]'', a 1929 English opera by Ralph Vaughan Williams, based on Shakespeare's ''The Merry Wives of Windsor''
*Caius, in the book ''[[The Skystone]]'' by Jack Whyte
*Caius, in the ''[[Twilight (novel series)|Twilight]]'' series by Stephenie Meyer
*Caius Ballad, the main antagonist in the video game ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]''
*Caius Cosades, Grand Spymaster of the Blades in the video game ''[[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind]]''
*Caius, in the 1960 film ''[[Spartacus (film)|Spartacus]]'', played by John Hoyt
*Caius Lao Vistaille, one of the protagonists in the [[manga]] (and later [[anime]] based on it) ''[[The Titan's Bride]]''
*Caius Qualls, the main protagonist of the video game ''[[Tales of the Tempest]]''

==See also==
*[[Caius Choirbook]], an illuminated choirbook
*[[Caio (disambiguation)]]
*[[Cayo (disambiguation)]]
*[[Cai (name)]]

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