AURE1054 C. Aurelius (95) C. f. C. n. Cotta

Relationships

grandfather of
? L. Aurelius (98) L.? f. C. n. Cotta (cos. 144) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Praetor 219 (Brennan 2000) Expand
    • p. 726, footnote 14 (Brennan 2000)
  • Praetor 202 urbanus, Rome (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Election Liv. 30.26.11 Provinces 30.27.8, cf. 40.16-41.2. (Broughton MRR I)
    • See 200, note 1, on CIL 1 .2.610. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 200, Pr. 202. Termed Praetor iterum in CIL 1(2).2.610-ILLRP 75. See MRR 1.320, and 322, note 2. Against Mommsen's view that the word iterum describes prorogation into 201 (StR 3.1093), J. Jahn suggests that he had been elected before 202 but had not been kept in Livy's record because of some failure to take office (vitio creatus?; Chiron 2, 1972, 171-174). R. Develin notes examples in the period when a propraetor is called praetor, and although there is no mention of prorogation holds Mommsen's suggestion possible (Historia 27, 1978, 231). (Broughton MRR III)
    • p. 729. His second praetorship. (Brennan 2000)
  • Propraetor? 201 Gallia? (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Mommsen in his notes in CIL on this inscription considers this the only identification possible, and suggests that praetor iterum is equivalent to propraetor. We have no evidence that C. Aurelius Cotta, Pr. Urbanus in 202, was reelected Praetor or had his imperium extended. Even under the stress of the war few of the urban Praetors received an extension of imperium (see 211 and 210, 209 and 208, 204 and 203). (Broughton MRR I)
    • CIL 1 .2.610: C. Aurilius C. f. praitor iterum didit eisdem consl (sic) probavit. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 200, Pr. 202. Termed Praetor iterum in CIL 1(2).2.610-ILLRP 75. See MRR 1.320, and 322, note 2. Against Mommsen's view that the word iterum describes prorogation into 201 (StR 3.1093), J. Jahn suggests that he had been elected before 202 but had not been kept in Livy's record because of some failure to take office (vitio creatus?; Chiron 2, 1972, 171-174). R. Develin notes examples in the period when a propraetor is called praetor, and although there is no mention of prorogation holds Mommsen's suggestion possible (Historia 27, 1978, 231). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Consul 200 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Nep. Hann. 7; Liv. 31.4.4, and 5.1-2; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 48f., 121, 452f.; Fast. Fer. Lat., ib. 148f.; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod.; on Sulpicius, Polyb. 16.24.1; and on Aurelius, CIL 1 .2.610. Sulpicius was assigned the war with Philip and Macedonia as his province (Liv. 31.6.1, and 8.3). He arrived in Epirus in the autumn and wintered in Apollonia (Liv. 31.22.4; App. Mac. 4; Dio fr. 58 and Zon. 9.15). Aurelius in Italy (Liv. 31.6.1, 12.3 and 10) was summoned to aid the Praetor Furius against the Gauls (Liv. 31.11.3, 22.3, and 47.4-5; cf. Dio fr. 57.81, and Zon. 9.15), and returned to hold the elections (Liv. 31.49.8-12). (Broughton MRR I)