Caius
# Caius

Caius is a masculine given name and a surname. It is also an alternate spelling of the Latin prenom Gaius (and verso). G and C are not exclusive in Latin and the correct pronunciation is debatable. It is most commonly pronounced /ˈkaɪəs/ by native English speakers.

Caius may refer to:

## 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

* 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 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, played by John Hoyt
* Caius Lao Vistaille, one of the protagonists in the manga (and later anime based on it) The Titan's Bride
