Caecia gens

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The Caecia gens was a little-known plebeian family in ancient Rome, active from the late Republic into the Empire. They never held high political offices, and the only Caecius named by writers is Gaius Caecius, a friend of Cicero; others are known mainly from inscriptions. The name Caecius is very old and gave rise to Caecilius (with the suffix -ilius). Both come from Caecus, a surname meaning blind. The scholar Chase treated Caecius as a Roman-born, Rome-centered name that did not come from elsewhere. The most common praenomen among the Caecii is Gaius, with other typical names including Lucius, Marcus, Publius, and Quintus, and a few instances of Aulus, Titus, and Vibius.