Curtius
Curtius may refer to:
People
- Curtius/Curtia, a male/female of the gens Curtia of ancient Rome, the clan to which the Curtii family belonged
- Marcus Curtius, a noble of early Rome who rode his horse into the Lacus Curtius, which was then named after him
- Quintus Curtius Rufus, 1st century CE historian
- Curtius Rufus. 1st century CE politician, possibly the same as Quintus Curtius Rufus
- Albert Curtz (1600–1671), German astronomer and member of the Society of Jesus
- Alexander Curtius, Lithuanian nobleman and scholar
- Alfred Schulz-Curtius (1853–1918), aka Alfred Curtis, a German classical music impresario
- Carl Curtius (fl. 1877), mayor of Lübeck
- Dirk Donker Curtius (1792–1864), Dutch politician
- Ernst Robert Curtius (1886–1956), German scholar, philologist
- Ernst Curtius (1814–1896), German archaeologist, historian
- Georg Curtius (1820–1885), German philologist
- Jacob Curtius (1554–1594), Imperial Pro-Chancellor for Emperor Rudolph II, astronomer, mathematician and instrument maker
- Janus Henricus Donker Curtius (1813–1879), the last Dutch chief of Dejima, Japan
- Jean Curtius, also known as Jean De Corte and Juan Curcio (1551–1628), an industrialist from Liége
- Julius Curtius (1877–1948), German politician
- Ludwig Curtius (1874–1954), archaeologist
- Philippe Curtius (1737–1794), Swiss physician and wax modeller; uncle and teacher of Marie Tussaud
- Theodor Curtius (1857–1928), German chemical scientist
- Sir William Curtius FRS (1599–1678), German magistrate, official resident of the English Crown in the Holy Roman Empire.
Scientific
- Curtius (crater), a lunar crater
- Curtius rearrangement, a chemical reaction
- Buchner–Curtius–Schlotterbeck reaction, a chemical reaction
- Didymoglossum curtii, a species of Didymoglossum
- Pleurothallis curtii, a species of Pleurothallis
- Begonia curtii, a species of Begonia
- Lotononis curtii, a species of Lotononis
Other
- Curtius Museum, Jean Curtius's mansion, now a museum
- Lacus Curtius, an ancient landmark in the Roman Forum
- LacusCurtius, a website specializing in ancient Rome
- Curtius baronets, a title in the Baronetcy of England
- Ernst-Robert-Curtius-Preis, a literary prize of Germany
- Curtius, a main spring of the Aqua Claudia
- Curtius (beer), a Belgian beer
See also
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