• Marcus Cosconius,
military tribune in the army of the
praetor Publius Quinctilius Varus, fell in the battle fought with
Mago in the land of the
Insubrian Gauls, 203 BC. • Marcus Cosconius M. f. (M. n.?), praetor in 135 BC, fought successfully with the
Scordisci in
Thrace. He is mentioned as a senator in 129. • Lucius Cosconius M. f. M. n.,
triumvir monetalis in 118 BC. • Gaius Cosconius Calidianus, adopted from the Calidia gens, was an orator of little merit, distinguished for his vehement action and gesticulation. • 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. • Gaius Cosconius,
tribune of the plebs in 59 BC,
aedile in 57, and one of the judges of Publius Sextius in 56. • Cosconia Gallita, the sister of
Servius Cornelius Lentulus Maluginensis, consul in 10 BC,
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Scipio, consul in AD 2, and
Quintus Junius Blaesus, consul in AD 10, married
Lucius Seius Strabo, and was the mother of
Sejanus. • 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. • Cosconius, the author of a grammar and a work on "actiones." ==See also==