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Aurelia Cotta Aurelia ( – July 31, 54 BC) was the mother of the Roman general and statesman Julius Caesar. Family Aurelia was a daughter of Rutilia and Lucius Aurelius Cotta or his brother, Marcus Aurelius Cotta.'Aurelia' in William Smith, ed., ''Dictionar ...

(120–54 BC), mother of Julius Caesar *

Bernhard von Cotta Carl Bernhard von Cotta, known as Bernhard von Cotta (24 October 180814 September 1879), was a German geologist. Life He was born in a forester's lodge at Kleine Zillbach, Meiningen, near Eisenach, the son of Heinrich Cotta, Heinrich von Cotta, ...

(1808–1879), German geologist *

Carloto Cotta Carloto Cotta (born 31 January 1984) is a Portuguese actor. Career Born in Paris, he grew up in Lisbon, and at the age of 15 he started his acting training at the Escola Profissional de Teatro de Cascais. He made his film debut in Miguel Gomes' ...

(born 1984), Portuguese actor *

Elena Cotta Elena Cotta (born 19 August 1931) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Life and career Born in Milan, at a young age Cotta won a scholarship to attend the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico; after just one year ...

(born 1931), Italian actress * Gaius Aurelius Cotta (), ancient Roman statesman and orator *

Heinrich Cotta Johann Heinrich Cotta, also Heinrich von Cotta, (30 October 1763 – 25 October 1844) was a German silviculturist who was a native of Kleine Zillbach, near Wasungen, Thuringia. He was founder of the Royal Saxon Academy of Forestry, in Tharandt, ...

(1763–1844), German silviculturist *

Johann Friedrich Cotta Johann Friedrich, Freiherr Cotta von Cottendorf (April 27, 1764 – December 29, 1832) was a German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician. Ancestors Cotta is the name of a family of German publishers, intimately connected with the his ...

(1764–1832), German publisher, industrial pioneer, and politician * Johann Friedrich Cotta (theologian) (1701–1779), German Lutheran theologian * John Cotta (1575–1650), English physician *

Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 65 BC) Lucius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman politician from an old noble family who held the offices of praetor (70 BC), consul (65 BC) and censor (64 BC). Both his father and grandfather of the same name had been consuls, and his two brothers, Gaius A ...

(), ancient Roman senator *

Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 119 BC) 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''. By 122 BC ...

(), Roman senator, military commander, and consul *

Lucius Aurelius Cotta (consul 144 BC) Lucius Aurelius Cotta was a Roman magistrate, tribune of the plebs in 154 BC, and consul in 144 BC. Biography A member of the plebeian gens Aurelia, Cotta was elected tribune of the plebs in 154 BC. During his term as Plebeian tribune, Cotta re ...

(), Roman magistrate, tribune, and consul *

Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta (died 54 BC) was an officer in the Gallic army of Gaius Julius Caesar. The little we know of Cotta is found in Book V of Caesar's ''De Bello Gallico''. In 54 BC, when Caesar returned to Gaul from his second expedition ...

(), officer in the Gallic army of Julius Caesar *

Marcus Aurelius Cotta (consul 74 BC) Marcus Aurelius Cotta was a Roman politician and general who was consul in 74 BC. He was posted to Bithynia with a Roman fleet as part of the Third Mithridatic War. He was defeated by King Mithridates VI of Pontus. Rescued by his fellow consul he ...

(), Roman politician and general * Michèle Cotta (born 1937), French political journalist * Myron Joseph Cotta (born 1953), American Catholic bishop

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* Ancient Roman town in

Morocco Morocco (),, ) officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is the westernmost country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It overlooks the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria t ...

* A surplice, an ecclesiastical garment (in Medieval Latin and Italian) * A lightweight underdress in Italian 15th-century fashion (cf.

cotte The cotte (or cote) was a medieval outer garment, a long sleeved shift, or tunic, usually girded, and worn by men and women. In medieval texts, it was used to translate '' tunica'' or ''chiton''. Synonyms included tunic or gown. It was worn over ...

) * ''Cotta'' (moth), a moth of the family Geometridae * Cotta Sandstone, a type of stone found in the Elbe Valley

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