Orestes Cotta

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Orestes Cotta
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Sustentet of the Latin Social Republic
In office
12 August 1945 – 22 January 1947
DeputyThomas Bertini (1946-1949)
Position vacant
Preceded byposition created
Succeeded byFlavius Luonercus
Consul of Latium
In office
3 January 1944 – 12 April 1945
MonarchConstantine XIX
DeputyTheodorus Cosovei
Thomas Bertini
Preceded byJohn Laenius
Succeeded byThe Lord Arrius
In office
17 December 1937 – 26 June 1938
Preceded byThomas Genucius
Succeeded byJohn Laenius
Leader of the Popular Socialist Party
In office
22 November 1933 – 22 January 1949
Preceded byMichael Stanasila
Succeeded bypost abolished
Senator for Tricciana
In office
2 January 1936 – 12 August 1946
Preceded byValerius Polselli
Succeeded byconstituency dissolved
Personal details
BornGaius Aurelius Cotta Orestes
19 April 1889
Tarqunii, Latium
Died22 January 1949(1949-01-22) (aged 59)
Ascanium, Latium
NationalityLatin
Political partyPopular Socialist Party
Spouse(s)
Sophia (née: Aurelia) (m. 1921–1950)

Euphemia (née: Florentia) (m. 1946–1954)
Children7

Orestes Cotta (Gaius Aurelius Cotta Orestes; 19 April 1889 – 22 January 1949) was a Latin politician who was the leader of the Popular Socialist Party, Consul of Latium from 1936 until 1946, and Sustentet (he who supports) of the Latin Social Republic. He was a central figure in the Social War, the Latin civil war that lasted from 1945 until 1947, and was the chief orchestrater in the Coup of 12 April 1945, which resulted in the execution of Emperor Constantine XIX and most of the Imperial family.

Cotta was born in a multi-family home in northern Latium near the Vannosian border in the city of Tarquinii of the county Emporiae. He was later raised in border village of Baetulo, after the split of his parents. An aspiring musician, Cotta reportedly moved to Castellum in 1908 to audition for the Imperial Alba Orchestra at the age of 19; however, he was unsuccessful. He would later join the Latin military as a member of the army reserve, where he served for the next five years. Cotta reportedly attended meetings of the new Communist Party during his time in Castellum, and later the National Social Party, the precursor to his Popular Socialist Party. In 1916 he published a book titled Principium Novus (The New Front), in which he described in great detail his political leanings, details of his life, and hopes for the future or Latium.

Early Years

Entry into Politics

Electoral Defeats

Rise to Power

Consulship

Latin Social Republic

Coup of April 1945

Sustentet