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Lucius Aurelius Cotta (cos. 65)

Consul in 65 BCE

🏛️ Career

  1. 70 BCE
    Praetor

    Broughton: 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 (a).

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • (a) 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. 11.22; Schol. Bob. 94, and 97 Stangl; Ps.-Ascon. 189, and 206 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 328 Stangl; cf. Cic. Div. in Caec. 8; Verr. 1.38-39 and 44-46; 2.2.174, and 3.223, and 5.177; Cluent. 130; Att. 1.16.3
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Manlius Torquatus (cos. 65) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 65 BCE (Consul)

    A. Manlius Torquatus (pr. 70) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Antistius Vetus (pr. 70) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Calpurnius Piso (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Acilius Glabrio (cos. 67) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

  2. 65 BCE
    Consul · Co-consul: L. Manlius Torquatus (cos. 65)

    Broughton: 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 (a).

    Sources (2)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • 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.
      • (a) 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
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    L. Manlius Torquatus (cos. 65) (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.800, final 0.800): 65 BCE (Consul)

    A. Manlius Torquatus (pr. 70) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Antistius Vetus (pr. 70) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Calpurnius Piso (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Acilius Glabrio (cos. 67) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.600, final 0.600): 70 BCE (Praetor)

🏺 Family

  1. Siblings
    Gaius Aurelius Cotta (cos. 75)