Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

AURE2163 L. Aurelius (102) M. f. Cotta

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Status

• Nobilis Expand

  Cic. 2 Verr. 2.71.174

Life Dates

• Before 109?, birth (Rüpke 2005)

Relationships

grandson of

L. Aurelius (98) L.? f. C. n. Cotta (cos. 144) (Badian 1990)

son of

? Rutilia (38) (daughter of? P. Rutilius (8) (tr. pl. 169)) (DPRR Team)

M. Aurelius (106) Cotta (married to Rutilia (38)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Ascon. Cornel. 67C

brother of

C. Aurelius (96) M. f. Cotta (cos. 75) (RE)

M. Aurelius (107) M. f. Cotta (cos. 74) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Asc. Cornel. 67C

Career

• Quindecemvir Sacris Faciundis? 77 to 75 (Rüpke 2005)
• Quindecemvir Sacris Faciundis 74 to after 44 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
  • It was reported that he was ready to announce that according to the Sibylline books the Parthians could be defeated only by a king (Suet. Iul. 79.3; cf. Cic. Div. 2.110; Plut. Caes. 64.2; App. BC 2.110; Dio 44.15.3). (Broughton MRR II)
• Praetor 70 Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • In the latter part of the year he carried a law to reconstitute the juries in three equal groups, consisting, respectively, of senators, knights, and tribuni aerarii (Cic. Phil. 1.20; Corn., in Ascon. 67 C; In Clod. et Cur., and Schol. Bob. 91 Stangl; Liv. Per. 97, with praenomen M.; Vell. 2.32.3; Ascon. 17 C; Plut. Pomp. 22.3; Tac. Ann. (Broughton MRR II)
  • p. 752, footnote 391 (Brennan 2000)
• Consul 65 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • CIL 12.2.960, 961, 2683; Cic. Cat. 3.19; Leg. Agr. 2.44; Sall. Cat. 18.5; Nep. Att. 4.5; Ascon. 57, and 60 C; Suet. Vit. Hor. p. 48 R; Dio 37, Index, and 1.1; Fast. Hyd. (Cotta et Torquato), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. (et L. Tarquatus); on Cotta, Ascon. 67, and 85 C; and on Torquatus, Gic. Sull. 30 and 49 and 81ff.; Pis. 78; De Consul. Suo in .Div. 2.47; Hor. Epod. 13.6; Carm. 3.21.1, and Porphyr. ad loc. See Degrassi 131, 488f. These Consuls were elected after securing the conviction of the Consuls Designate for bribery (see below, Consules Designati), and were the intended victims of the so-called first Catilinarian conspiracy (Cic. Sull. 11 and 81; Mur. 81; Sall. Cat. 18-19; Liv. Per. 101; Ascon. 83, and 92 C; Suet. Iul. 9; Dio 36.44.3-5). (Broughton MRR II)
• Repulsa (Cos.) 65 (Pina Polo 2012) Expand
  • pp. 65-72 (Pina Polo 2012)
• Censor 64 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • The name of his colleague remains unknown. They were hindered by the Tribunes in revising the roll of the Senate, and abdicated (Cic. Dom. 84; Plut. Cic. 27.3; cf. Dio 37.9.4). (Broughton MRR II)

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