Cotta Marcus Aurelius

, a Roman who opposed Marius. He was consul with Lucullus; and when in Asia, he was defeated by sea and land by Mithridates. He was surnamed Pontic us , because he took Heraclea of Pontus by treachery. Plutarch , Lucullus .――An orator, greatly commended by Cicero , On Oratory .――A governor of Paphlagonia, very faithful to Sardana pal us. Diodorus , bk. 2 .――A spendthrift in the age of Nero, . Tacitus. ――An officer of Cæsar in Gaul.――A poet mentioned by ♦ Ovid , Epistulæ ex Ponto . ♦ added author’s name ‘Ovid’