LUCIUS AURELIUS COTTA DI ROMA

• Preferred Name: LUCIUS AURELIUS COTTA DI ROMA^{[1] [2] [3]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LVD6-GJX
  
• Death: in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.9051 LONG: E2.4971 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: ABT 162 BC in Roma, Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.9051 LONG: E2.4971 with note: standardized
  
• Occupation: Roman Senator and military commander who was elected Roman consul in 119 BC. with note: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Aurelius_Cotta_(consul_119_BC)
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Lucius Aurelius Cotta
  
  Lucius Aurelius Cotta (fl. 2nd century BC) was a Roman Senator and military commander who was elected Roman consul in 119 BC.
  
  Biography
  
  Not much is known about the early career of Cotta, who was born into the Plebeian gens Aurelia (Aurelii Cottae). By 122 BC had been elected to the rank of Praetor, and this was followed by his election as consul in 119 BC.
  
  During his tenure in office, he, along with his colleague Lucius Caecilius Metellus Dalmaticus, opposed the passage of a law proposed by Gaius Marius, then a Plebeian tribune, which was meant to reform the configuration of the voting booths, thereby reducing the influence of the so-called Optimates. He asked the Senate to order Marius to present himself before them; when they did so, Marius responded by threatening to have Cotta imprisoned. After Cotta’s colleague Metellus was imprisoned on Marius’ orders, Cotta and the Senate backed down and allowed the passage of Marius’ law.
  
  During his year in office, Cotta may have fought alongside Metellus in the campaign against the Dalmatians; the remaining sources are unclear if he actually participated or not.
  
  Family
  
  His father of the same name was consul in 144 BC. He had at least two children: one son with the same name who then become the consul in 65 BC and one daughter Aurelia Cotta, who later was married to Gaius Caesar the Older and bore him three children, two of which was the dictator Gaius Caesar the Younger and Julia the Younger, the first Roman emperor Augustus's maternal grandmother.
  
  Source :
  
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Aurelius_Cotta_(consul_119_BC)
  
  === ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ ===
  http://fabpedigree.com/s058/f082866.htm
  
  Луций Аврелий Котта (лат. Lucius Aurelius Cotta) — консул Древнего Рима 119 до н. э.
  
  Не позднее 122 до н. э. Луций занимал должность претора[1]. В 119 до н. э. он был избран консулом вместе с Луцием Цецилием Метеллом. В том же году Гай Марий занял должность народного трибуна и внёс закон об изменении порядка голосования трибутных комиций, принятие которого могло существенно снизить влияние оптиматов. Котта выступил противником этого закона и убедил сенат воспрепятствовать его принятию. Однако Марий, прибывший на заседание сената, пригрозил консулу тюремным заключением, если тот не отступиться. Котта же спросил мнения своего коллеги Метелла. После того, как тот его поддержал, Метелл по приказу Мария был отправлен в тюрьму, а сенат поменял своё решение[2][3].
  
  Согласно Аппиану Котта, возможно, принимал участие вместе с Метеллом в войне против иллирийцев. Однако также вероятно, что Аппиан упомянул его имя просто для обозначения консулом того года, не предполагая ничего больше

1. Aurelia Cotta van Rome, b. 21 maggio 0120 avanti Cristo in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy     d. 31 luglio 0054 avanti Cristo in Pisa, Italy

1. Title: Geni.com - Lucius Aurelius Cotta
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2. Title: PEDIGREE - Lucius Aurelius COTTA, Consul of ROME
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3. Title: Wikipedia: Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC)
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Aurelius_Cotta_(consul_119_BC);