Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

AURE1485 L. Aurelius (98) L.? f. C. n. Cotta

Life Dates

  • 187?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R32.

Relationships

grandson of
? M. Aurelius (103) Cotta (aed. pl. 216) (Badian 1990)
? C. Aurelius (95) C. f. C. n. Cotta (cos. 200) (Badian 1990)
son of
? M. Aurelius (104) Cotta (father of? L. Aurelius (98) L.? f. C. n. Cotta (cos. 144)) (Badian 1990)
? L. Aurelius (97) Cotta (father of? L. Aurelius (98) L.? f. C. n. Cotta (cos. 144)) (Badian 1990)
father of
L. Aurelius (99) Cotta (cos. 119) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Lucil. XI 413

grandfather of
L. Aurelius (102) M. f. Cotta (cos. 65) (Badian 1990)
? C. Aurelius (96) M. f. Cotta (cos. 75) (DPRR Team)
? M. Aurelius (107) M. f. Cotta (cos. 74) (DPRR Team)

Career

  • Tribunus Plebis? 154 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The Tribune of this name who tried to use the sacrosanctity of his office to escape his just debts (Val. Max. 6.5.4; cf. Lucil. 412-415, 1119-1120 M), is identified with the Consul of 144, so that his tribunate may be dated a decade earlier (Niccolini FTP 409f.). (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor before 146 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • The latest possible date for his praetorship. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 737 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul 144 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Fast. Cap., Degrassi 52f., 124, 466f. (Ser. Sulpi[cius- - - -] Galba, L. Aurelius [- - - -]n. Cotta); Fast. Ant., ib. 160f. ([L. A]ureli. Cotta); Liv. Oxy. Per. 52; Val. Max. 6.4.2; Frontin. Aq. 1.7; Chr. 354; Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. The Consuls contended for the Spanish command but at Scipio's suggestion both were passed over (Val. Max. 6.4.2). On Cotta, see Münzer, APF 320. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Cos. 252. A milestone, discovered at Zaccharone in Sicily, on the road from Agrigentum to Panormus, with the inscription [C. Au]relius | [L. f.] Cotta | [C]onsol LVII, by A. di Vita (Kokalos 1, 1955, 10-21-AEpig. 1957, no. 172). Degrassi doubts so early a date, though he favors one not later than the second century and suggests that a later Cotta, perhaps L. Aurelius Cotta (98). Cos. 144, honored his ancestor in this way (Hommages a Albert Grenier 1.499-506). See now Degrassi ILLRP 1277, and Acta 5th Epig. Congress, Cambridge, 1967 169-170, with discussions cited there. Refer also to G. P. Verbrugghe, Itinera Romano, Bd. 2: Sicilia 19-23. (Broughton MRR III)
    • An incomplete milestone, found at Vulci, gives the name of an Aurelius Cotta, consul (.. ]AV[...|[C]otta Co[s]), and the distance from Rome. It points to the builder of the Via Aurelia and must be earlier than the date of its extension in the Via Aurelia Scauri, in 109. The consul of 144, or perhaps L. Aurelius Cotta (99). Cos. 119, may be meant. See A. Degrassi, Scritti vari 3.33-34; cf. E. Fentress, Via Aurelia, Via Aemilia, PBSR 52, 1984, 72-76. (Broughton MRR III)

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