Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

HORT1670 Q.? Hortensius (5)

Relationships

married to
? Sempronia (100) Tuditana (daughter of C. Sempronius (92) C. f. C. n. Tuditanus (cos. 129)) (Zmeskal 2009)
father of
? Q. Hortensius (13) L. f. Hortalus (cos. 69) (Zmeskal 2009)
? Hortensia (15) (daughter of? Q.? Hortensius (5) (cos.? 108)) (Zmeskal 2009)

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 120 Asia (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cichorius supposes from the part given these men in Lucilius' account of Scaevola's defence that they were members of his staff, though their offices are not identifiable. On Nomentanus, note that Cichorius' emendation of Lucilius 56 and 69 M is accepted by Warmington, and the identification of the person by Kubitschek (SBAW 167.6.64) and Münzer (RE s. v. "Nomentanus."). On Hortensius, see 111, Praetors and note 3. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Lucilius, 56 and 69, 60, 62 M; cf. Cichorius, Untersuch. Lucil. 244-248. They may have served under Mucius Scaevola in Asia. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praefectus? 120 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Cichorius supposes from the part given these men in Lucilius' account of Scaevola's defence that they were members of his staff, though their offices are not identifiable. On Nomentanus, note that Cichorius' emendation of Lucilius 56 and 69 M is accepted by Warmington, and the identification of the person by Kubitschek (SBAW 167.6.64) and Münzer (RE s. v. "Nomentanus."). On Hortensius, see 111, Praetors and note 3. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Lucilius, 56 and 69, 60, 62 M; cf. Cichorius, Untersuch. Lucil. 244-248. They may have served under Mucius Scaevola in Asia. (Broughton MRR I)
  • Praetor? 111 Sicilia? (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • In Fast. Cap. for 108 space remains on the fragment preserved (Degrassi 54f., 127, 476f.) for the name of a Consul who did not enter office but was condemned ([- - - -da]mn(atus) e(st)), probably for bribery (Mommsen, Str. 1.590,{542} note 6), while the Chronographer of 354 preserves a garbled indication of his name in the word Hotensio. He most probably belonged to the family of the famous orator but no praenomen is preserved to indicate his relationship. Cichorius suggests Quintus, a putative elder brother of Lucius the father of the orator (Untersuch. Lucil. 339f., on Lucil. 1267 M; accepted by Degrassi), and would date the praetorship between 110 and 104. It remains possible that he was Lucius, the date of whose praetorship, for which Cicero commended him (Verr. 2.3.42), remains uncertain. Cicero's reference weighs somewhat against identifying the orator's father with the Consul-elect who met disaster in 108, but if he was so, his province was Sicily, and this in any case is the latest possible year under the Lex Villia for the praetorship of the Consulelect of 108. (Broughton MRR I)
    • Successor of Piso (App. Ib. 99; see 112, Praetors and note 4). (Broughton MRR I)
    • p. 745, footnote 228 (Brennan 2000)
  • Consul? 108 (Broughton MRR I) Expand
    • Chr. 354 (Hotensio); cf. Fast. Cap., Degrassi 54f. ([- - - -da]mn(atus)est, in e(ius) 1(ocum) f(actus) e(st), 127, 476f.). (Broughton MRR I)

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