Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta dating history

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Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta (Latin: Lūcius Aurunculēius Cotta, Classical Latin pronunciation: [ˈɫuː.ki.ʊs au̯.rʊŋ.kʊˈɫeː.i.ʊs ˈkɔt.ta]; 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 to Britain, he found food in short supply. He therefore spread out his eight legions amongst a larger number of Gallic states from which to draw their sustenance during the winter. To the eighth legion, which had recently been raised from across the Po (trans Padum) he added another five cohorts, appointing Quintus Titurius Sabinus and Lucius Aurunculeius Cotta as the legati commanding them.