Highly intelligent, independent and renowned for her beauty and common sense, Aurelia was held in high regard throughout Rome.Īurelia Cotta or Aurelia (120 BC-54 BC) was the mother of Roman dictator Gaius Julius Caesar (100 BC- 44 BC).Ĭaesar's mother, known for her beauty, common sense, and hard work. Plutarch describes her as a "strict and respectable" woman. Text: Date of Import: The historian Tacitus considers her an ideal Roman matron and thinks highly of her. Has No Children Caius Julius Caesar IV ROME b: in Subura # Name: Caius Julius Caesar III ROME 1 2 3 4 5 6Ģ. Sources: Suetonius - The Twelve Caesars - Caesar, Plutarch - Fall of the Roman Republic - Caesar, and List of Roman Republican Consuls from Wikipedia. She was involved in petitions to save her son and her cousin, the consul Gaius Aurelius Cotta, defended young Caesar to the Dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla.ĭuring the Bona Dea Festival, held at Caesar’s house, during sacred ceremonies she caught her daughter-in-law Pompeia Sulla having an affair with Publius Clodius Pulcher. Plutarch describes her as a ‘strict and respectable’ woman.Īurelia and her family were very influential in her son’s upbringing and security. The Historian Tacitus, considers her as an ideal Roman Matron and thinks highly of her. Gaius Julius Caesar IV ‘The Dictator’ 100BC-44BC Gaius Aurelius Cotta consul in 75BC and his brother Marcus Aurelius Cotta consul in 65BC, were her first cousins and were sons to her paternal uncle Gaius Aurelius Cotta.Īurelia married a praetor, Gaius Julius Caesar III.
Her brother a younger Lucius Aurelius Cotta was consul in 74BC. Her mother Rutilia, was a member of the Rutilius family. The Aurelii Cottae family were prominent during the Roman Republican era. Her father was consul in 119BC and her paternal grandfather of the same name was consul in 144BC. Notes about Aurelia Cotta Of the Cotta family Aurelia CottaĪurelia Cotta or Aurelia (120BC-54BC) was a daughter to Rutilia and Lucius Aurelius Cotta.
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