AURE1774 L. Aurelius (100) Cotta

Life Dates

  • 135?, birth (Sumner Orators) Expand

    Sumner R102.

Relationships

son of
? L. Aurelius (99) Cotta (cos. 119) (Brennan 2000)

Career

  • Monetalis 105 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 314 (RRC)
  • Tribunus Plebis 103 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cic. De Or. 2.197; see below, on Norbanus. (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Praetor 95 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • 1 Klebs (RE), Wehrmann (Fast. Praet. 23), and Niccolini (FTP 214) date Cotta's praetorship after 93 B. C. because they believe that he held the tribunate in 95. As we have pointed out above (see 103, Tribunes of the Plebs), 103 is a more probable date. He was a friend of Catulus, Consul 102, and is termed his sodalis (Cic. De Or. 3.42; in a priesthood?, Münzer, RE 13.2.2079). He is mentioned in Cicero's Brutua (137; 289) with a group who flourished mainly before 100 B. C. I place Cotta's praetorship by conjecture about eight years after his tribunate. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Cic. Brut. 137, praetorius; 259; De Or. 2.197; 3.42 and 46. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 746, footnote 258 (Brennan 2000)