Aelian

Aelian (Claudius Aeliānus) (AD c.170–235), a Greek rhetorician, a Stoic, who taught at Rome. His writings were much drawn upon by later moralists. His extant works are: On the Characteristics of Animals, a collection of excerpts and anecdotes of a moralizing nature in seventeen books; and Historical Miscellanies (usually known as Varia Historia), a similar collection dealing with human life and history in fourteen books.

Aelian or Aelianus may refer to:

• Aelianus Tacticus, Greek military writer of the 2nd century, who lived in Rome
• Casperius Aelianus, Praetorian Prefect, executed by Trajan
• Claudius Aelianus, Roman teacher and historian of the 3rd century, who wrote in Greek
• Lucius Aelianus, one of the thirty tyrants under the Roman empire
• Aelianus Meccius, ancient Greek physician, tutor of Galen
• Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus, adopted nephew of Plautia Urgulanilla, first wife of Claudius; consul 45 and 74 AD
• Aelianus (rebel), leader of the Bagaudae peasant rebels

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