Marcus Aurelius Cotta ( Latin: Marcus Aurelius Cotta ; I century BC) is a Roman politician from the plebeian clan Aurelius . Presumably held the position of praetor no later than 50 BC. e.
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| Birth | I century BC e. | ||||||
| Death | after 45 BC e. | ||||||
| Kind | Aurelius | ||||||
| Father | Marcus Aurelius Cotta | ||||||
| Spouse | Calpurnia (presumably) | ||||||
| Children | 2 daughters and a son | ||||||
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Biography
In the surviving sources in connection with the events of the 50-40s BC. e. twice mentioned a noble named Marcus Aurelius Cotta ; presumably it was the same person. Not later than 60 BC e. he brought to court for extorting Guy Papyri Carbon , who had previously accused his father of the same, and obtained a guilty verdict [1] [2] .
In 49 BC e., when the civil war broke out between Caesar and Pompey , a certain Mark Aurelius Cotta , a supporter of Pompey, was the governor of Sardinia (possibly in the rank of praetorium, that is, the former praetor ). In the same year he was expelled from the province by the inhabitants of Karalis and fled to Africa to the Pompeian Attius Varu [3] [4] .
Descendants
He was married to Kalpurnia - according to one version, the daughter of Mark Kalpurniya Bibul . He had three children: a son who adopted his nephew, , a consul of 20 years [5] [6] [7] , and two daughters, the eldest of whom became the wife of Mark Lolli , consul 21 years BC. e. [8] [9] [10] , and the youngest was the wife of Mark Valery Messala Corvin , consul 31 years BC. e [11] [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Valery Maxim. Memorable Acts and Sayings, V, IV, 4
- ↑ Dion Cassius. Roman History, XXXVI, XL, 3-4
- ↑ Mark Tullius Cicero. To Attica, X, 16, 3
- ↑ Guy Julius Caesar. Civil War Notes, I, XXX
- ↑ Welley Patculus. Roman History, II, CXII, 1-2
- ↑ Publius Ovid Nason. Letters from Pontus, III, II, 105-108; IV, XVI, 41-44
- ↑ R. Syme. The Augustan aristocracy. Oxford, 1989. P. 231
- ↑ Guy Suetonius Tranquill. The life of the twelve Caesars. Caligula, XXV, 2
- ↑ Cornelius Tacitus. Annals, XII, XXII, 2
- ↑ R. Syme. The Augustan aristocracy. Oxford, 1989. P. 178
- ↑ Ovid. Letters from Pontus, II, III, 73, 98, 100; IV, XVI, 41-44
- ↑ C. Settipani. Continuité gentilice et continuité sénatoriale dans les familles sénatoriales romaines à l'époque impériale. Paris, 2000. P. 597.
Literature
- Klebs E. Aurelius 108 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). - 1896. - Bd. II, 2. - Sp. 2489;
- Klebs E. Aurelius 109 // RE. - 1896. - Bd. II, 2. - Sp. 2489.