Gaius Cotta
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
Cotta · my friend Gaius Cotta
in the texts
Lucullus
Roman consul, colleague of Geminus, invoked in the argument about the unreliability of recognizing individuals by sight.
and that distinction being taken away, what mark could he have in recognizing Gaius Cotta, who was twice consul with Geminus, of such a kind as could not be false?
'When, therefore, Publius Geminus can seem to you to be Quintus, what have you ascertained why Cotta cannot seem to you to be one who is not, since something seems to be that is not?
On the Nature of the Gods
A senator and Academic-leaning interlocutor at whose house the debate on the nature of the gods takes place.
This I have often observed on other occasions, but most of all when at the house of my friend Gaius Cotta a most careful and searching discussion was held about the immortal gods.
You, Lucilius, are wont (for my friend Cotta does so now in one way, now in another), when you portray the divine craftsmanship and workmanship, to describe how all things in the human form are fitted not only for use but also for beauty;
" Then said Cotta: