Statues for cottius

Letters of Pliny primary

Pliny reports that the Senate, at the emperor’s request, decreed a triumphal statue to Vestricius Spurinna for restoring the king of the Bructeri, and also honored Spurinna’s son Cottius after his death.

XXI To PAISCUS As I know you eagerly embrace every opportunity of obliging me, so there is no man whom I had rather be under an obligation to. I apply to you, therefore, in preference to anyone else, for a favour which I am extremely desirous of obtaining. You, who are commander-in-chief of a very considerable army, have many opportunities of exercising your generosity; and the length of time you have enjoyed that p…