Aurelia Cotta, (120 BC - 54 BC or 53 BC) Roman lady from the illustrious Aurelii family (her three brothers were consuls), was wife of Caius Iulius Caesar III and mother of Julius Caesar.
Despite what Pliny the Elder reports, it is unlikely that she gave birth to Julius Caesar by Caesarean section[1], since she lived many years after this birth. She also had two daughters who lived to adulthood and married.
Tacitus ranks her among the exemplary Roman mothers for the education they gave their children, and Plutarch describes her as a woman of great virtue.
Her husband Caius died at home around 85 BC. J.C., she remains a widow, does not remarry and continues to live with her son. Plutarch shows her in tears, accompanying his son to the door of their house, who is leaving to apply for the difficult election of pontifex maximus in 63 BC. J.C.. Still according to Plutarch, she closely watches over the dating of her daughter-in-law Pompeia Sulla, and discovers Clodius who has entered her home to find Pompeia during a celebration of the mysteries of the Good Goddess[.
She died shortly before the murder of Clodius Pulcher, around 53 BC. J.C.