A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

Smith, William

A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890

the mother of C. Cotta, the orator, accompanied her son into exile in B. C. 91, and remained with him abroad till his return some years afterwards. [COTTA, No. 9.] She bore his death with the heroism of a genuine Roman matron. (Sen. Consol. ad Helv. 16; comp. Cic. Att. 12.20, 22.)