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Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC)
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Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC)

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Lucius Aurelius Cotta (fl. 2nd century BCE) was a Roman Senator and military commander who was elected Roman consul in 119 BC.

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Not much is known about the early career of Cotta, who was born into the Plebeian gens Aurelia. By 122 BCE had been elected to the rank of Praetor, and this was followed by his election as consul in 119 BCE.

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.

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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 Minor, the first Roman emperor Augustus's maternal grandmother.

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