Publius

This article is about the Latin praenomen Publius. For other uses, see Publius (disambiguation).

Publius (abbreviated P.) is a (praenomen) meaning "public" in Latin, one of the small group of common forenames found in the culture of ancient Rome.

The name derives from Latin publius ("public"), originally connected to Etruscan Puplie. Latin populace is probably from the same Etruscan word, as place name Pupluna became Populonia in Latin.

Publius may refer to:

• Publius Valerius Publicola, Roman consul
• Publius Clodius Pulcher, Republican politician
• Publius Cornelius Scipio, Roman consul
• Publius Quinctilius Varus, Roman general and politician, who commanded the legions in Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
• Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus, senator during Nero's reign
• Publius Aelius Fortunatus, Roman painter
• Publius Servilius Casca Longus, Roman tribune and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar
• Publius Aelius Hadrianus
• Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther
• Publius Cornelius Tacitus
• Publius Helvius Pertinax
• Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus
• Publius Licinius Valerianus
• Publius Ovidius Naso
• Publius Papinius Statius
• Publius Rutilius Rufus
• Publius Salvius Julianus Aemilianus
• Publius Septimius Geta
• Publius Sulpicius Quirinius
• Publius Sulpicius Rufus
• Publius Terentius Afer
• Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus
• Publius Vergilius Maro
• The pseudonym for James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay as they wrote The Federalist Papers