The gens Cosconia was a
plebeian family at
Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned in the
Second Punic War, but none ever obtained the honours of the
consulship; the first who held a curule office was Marcus Cosconius,
praetor in 135 BC.[1]
Gaius Cosconius Calidianus, adopted from the Calidia gens, was an orator of little merit, distinguished for his vehement action and gesticulation.[11]
Gaius Cosconius, praetor in 63 BC, and subsequently granted the title of proconsul in
Hispania Ulterior. Accused of extortion, but acquitted. Appointed in 59 by
Caesar to a commission to divide the public lands in
Campania, he died.
Cicero declined Caesar's offer to replace him.[12]
Cosconius, a writer of
epigrams during the time of
Martial, whom he attacked on account of the length of his epigrams and their lascivious nature. He is severely handled in two epigrams of Martial.[16]
Cosconius, the author of a grammar and a work on "actiones."[17]
The gens Cosconia was a
plebeian family at
Rome. Members of this
gens are first mentioned in the
Second Punic War, but none ever obtained the honours of the
consulship; the first who held a curule office was Marcus Cosconius,
praetor in 135 BC.[1]
Gaius Cosconius Calidianus, adopted from the Calidia gens, was an orator of little merit, distinguished for his vehement action and gesticulation.[11]
Gaius Cosconius, praetor in 63 BC, and subsequently granted the title of proconsul in
Hispania Ulterior. Accused of extortion, but acquitted. Appointed in 59 by
Caesar to a commission to divide the public lands in
Campania, he died.
Cicero declined Caesar's offer to replace him.[12]
Cosconius, a writer of
epigrams during the time of
Martial, whom he attacked on account of the length of his epigrams and their lascivious nature. He is severely handled in two epigrams of Martial.[16]
Cosconius, the author of a grammar and a work on "actiones."[17]