The name '''Aelian''' or '''Aelianus''' may refer to several people in Classical history:

*'''[[Aelianus Tacticus]]''', a Greek military writer of the 2nd century, who lived in Rome
*'''[[Casperius Aelianus]]''', a [[Praetorian Prefect]], executed by [[Trajan]]
*'''[[Claudius Aelianus]]''', a 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]]''', an ancient Greek physician, tutor of [[Galen]]
*'''[[Tiberius Plautius Silvanus Aelianus]]''', adopted nephew of [[Plautia Urgulanilla]], first wife of [[Claudius]]; [[List of Roman consuls|consul]] [[45]] and [[74|74 AD]]
*'''[[Aelianus (rebel)]]''', a leader of the [[Bagaudae]] peasant rebels

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