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HORT1902 Q. Hortensius (13) L. f. Hortalus

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Status

• Nobilis Expand

  Cic. 2 Verr. 3.4.7, Cic. Quinct. 2.9, 22.72, Cic. Att. 13.12.3, Macrob. 3.15.6, Schol. Bob. Arch. 177 Stangl

Life Dates

• 114, birth (Rüpke 2005)
• 50, death (Broughton MRR II)

Relationships

son of

? Q.? Hortensius (5) (cos.? 108) (Zmeskal 2009)

Sempronia (100) Tuditana (daughter of C. Sempronius (92) C. f. C. n. Tuditanus (cos. 129)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Att. XIII 30.2, Cic. Att. XIII 33.3

L. (or Q.) Hortensius (2) (cos. 108) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Verr. II iii 42

brother of

? Hortensia (15) (daughter of? Q.? Hortensius (5) (cos.? 108)) (DPRR Team)

married to

1 Lutatia (24) (daughter of Q. Lutatius (7) Q. f. Catulus (cos. 102)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. de orat. III 228

2 Marcia (115) (daughter of L. Marcius (76) L. f. Q. n. Philippus (cos. 56)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Lucan II 326-391, Schol. Bern. Lucan II 330 p70f. Userner, Plut. Cato min. 25.4, Plut. Cato min. 37.4, Plut. Cato min. 39.4, Plut. Cato min. 52.3, Quintil. inst. X 5.13, Strab. XI 9.1 (515 C)

father of

Q. Hortensius (8) Q. f. L. n. Hortalus (pr. c. 45) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Vell. II 71.1-3

Hortensia (16) (daughter of Q. Hortensius (13) L. f. Hortalus (cos. 69)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Quintil. inst. I 1.6

grandfather of

-. Hortensius (10) Corbio (son of? Q. Hortensius (8) Q. f. L. n. Hortalus (pr. c. 45)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Val. Max. III 5.4

M. Hortensius? (12) Hortalus (son of? Q. Hortensius (8) Q. f. L. n. Hortalus (pr. c. 45)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Tac. ann. II 37

related to

M. Iunius (53) M. f. Brutus = Q. Servilius Caepio Brutus (pr. 44) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Cic. Brut. 222 (Drusus)

Career

• Tribunus Militum 89 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Cic. Brut. 304; cf. Vell. 2.16.3; Plut. Luc. 1.5. He probably served under Sulla. (Broughton MRR II)
• Quaestor before 75 (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2) Expand
  • Cos. 69, Pr. 72 Cicero in 70 describes his quaestorship as recent (nuper; Verr. 2.3. 182; cf. 2.1.36 and 99; Ps.-Ascon. 234 Stangl). His career had probably been delayed by the civil wars. (Broughton MRR II Appendix 2)
• Augur? 75 to 68 (Rüpke 2005)
• Aedilis 75 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • 2 Hortensius' concern with the supply of grain suggests that he was an Aedile of the Plebs. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Cic. Brut. 318. He gave splendid games (Cic. Off. 2.57; cf. Ps.-Ascon. 238 Stangl), and made a distribution of grain to the populace (Cic. Verr. 2.3.215; cf. Sall. Hist. 2.45-47M; and above, Consuls, on Cotta). (Broughton MRR II)
• Praetor 72 repetundae, Rome (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • Cic. Verr. 1.38-39; cf. Cluent. 115-116. (Broughton MRR II)
  • p. 752, footnote 382 (Brennan 2000)
• Consul 69 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
  • CIL 12.2.904, 955; Cic. Cluent. 179; Ascon. 15, and 63 C; Joseph. AJ 14.4; Chr. 354 (Nepote et Metello); Fast. Hyd. (Hortensio et Metello), so also Chr. Pasc.; Cassiod. See Degrassi 131, 486f. Both Consuls attempted, while Consuls-designate, to assist Verres against his accuser (Cic. Verr., passim, on Hortensius, esp. 1.18-21, 26, 37, 53; 2.3.222; 2.5.175; Brut. 319; Quintil. Inst. Or. 6.5.4; and on Metellus, Cic. Verr. 1.26-29; cf. Ps.-Ascon. 185, 205, 214f., 221, 230, 244, 260 Stangl; Schol. Gron. 331, 337, 351 Stangl). Hortensius refused the command against the Cretan pirates, which was then given to Metellus (Plut. Pomp. 29.2; Dio 36.1a [Xiph.]; Schol. Bob. 96 Stangl; cf. Cic. Verr. 2.2.76; Diod. 40.1; App. Sic. 6.1, and 2). (Broughton MRR II)
• Augur 67 to 50 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
  • A probable member of the college of Augurs on the eve of the death of Hortensius. (Broughton MRR II)
  • 2 On the evidence of Cicero (De Or. 3.228) who describes Hortensius as a sodalis of the orator Grassus, it is supposed that he became an Augur before 91 B. C. However, collega seems to be the usual term to describe a fellow-augur and sodalis refers to other societies like the Luperci, or merely to clubs (Cic. Cael 26; cf. Q. Cic. Comm. Pet. 19). Varro and Pliny (locc. citt.) prove that he becam, an Augur considerably before 67. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Succeeded by M. Antonius. Cael. in Cic Fam. 8.13.2; Cic. Att. 6.6.2. On his election and membership, see Cic. Brut. 1; Fam. 3.8.9; Phil. 2.4; Varro RR 3.6.6; Plin. NH 10.45. (Broughton MRR II)