Cotta Messalinus

Family: Roman Senate · Role: senator · First appears: Annals VI (1)

Annals VI (1)

enemies with Caligula (Cotta insulted and defamed Caligula.) “that he had called Caius Caligula by the feminine name of Caia Caligula, and branded him with constuprations of both kinds”
friends with Tiberius (Tiberius defended Cotta by invoking their friendship and Cotta's services.) “from whom soon after a letter was brought in behalf of Cotta; in it he recounted ”
with Marcus Lepidus (Cotta complained about Lepidus's influence.) “complaining of the great sway of Marcus Lepidus, and of Lucius Arruntius, with whom he had a suit about money”
with Lucius Arruntius (Cotta had a monetary lawsuit involving Arruntius.) “complaining of the great sway of Marcus Lepidus, and of Lucius Arruntius, with whom he had a suit about money”

Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.