1) Ancient Roman praenomina 
[praenomen] Statius is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was used during the period of the Roman Republic, and into imperial times. It was not widely used at Rome, but gave rise to the patronymic gens Statilia. The feminine form is Statia. It is not usually abbreviated, but is sometimes found with the abbreviations St. and Sta. ==O...
one of the principal Roman epic and lyric poets of the Silver Age of Latin literature ( 18–133). His occasional poems, collected under the title ...
(c. 45-96) Roman poet. He was the author of the Silvae, occasional poems of some interest; the epic Thebaïd, which tells the story of the sons of Oedipus; and an unfinished epic Achilleïs. He was admired by...
a.d. c45–c96, Roman poet.