Gender: Male. Usage: Gaius, of Latin origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name. People having the name Gaius are in general originating from France, Greece, United Kingdom. Meaning:
Herodotus was told by his Egyptian guides that it took twenty years for a force of 100,000 oppressed slaves to build the pyramid (with another 10 years to build a stone causeway that connected it to a temple in the valley below). Stones were lifted into position by the use of immense machines.
The 1860 U.S. Census Slave Schedules for Dougherty County, Georgia (NARA microfilm series M653, Roll 145) reportedly includes a total of 6,079 slaves. This transcription includes 78 slaveholders who held 30 or more slaves in Dougherty County, accounting for 4,189 slaves, or 69% of the County total.