Cloelia gens

The gens Cloelia, originally Cluilia, and occasionally written Clouilia or Cloulia, was a patrician family at ancient Rome.

Its inhabitants were transferred to Rome, where several of the noble families of Alba Longa, including the Cluilii, were enrolled in the senate, and subsequently numbered amongst the patricians.

[3][4][5] In later times, when it became fashionable for Roman families to claim mythological origins, it was said that the gens was descended from Clolius, a companion of Aeneas.

Whatever the origin of the family, it may be noted that during the first century of the Republic, two leaders of the Aequi, an Oscan people of central Italy, bore the nomen Cloelius.

[10][11] The only major family of the Cloelii bore the cognomen Siculus, apparently referring to one of the Siculi, an ancient Italic people who had been expelled from the mainland, and subsequently lived in Sicily.

Denarius of Titus Cloelius, 128 BC. On the obverse is the head of Roma , on the reverse is Victoria driving a biga , with a corn-ear below.
Quinarius of Titus Cloelius. 98 BC. Jupiter is portrayed on the obverse. The reverse depicts Victoria crowning a trophy with a captive at its feet, and a carnyx behind. It commemorates the victories of Marius against the Teutons . This coin may have been minted for Marius' veterans. [ 16 ]