Roman cognomen (also Caerialis, Caerealis) of Latin origin, derived from the adjectival Cerealis (‘belonging to Ceres’); current from the Julian-Claudian era onwards (Schulze, 486f.; ThlL, Onom. 2,344f.).
[1] Brother-in-law of Valentinianus I, 4th cent. AD
Brother of Iustina, the wife of Valentinianus I (Amm. Marc. 28,2,10). Tribunus stabuli (Amm. Marc. 30,5,19). In AD 375 he helped his nephew Valenti…
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Meier, Mischa (Bielefeld),
Portmann, Werner (Berlin),
Leppin, Hartmut (Hannover) and
Bloch, René (Berne),
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