Digital Prosopography of the Roman Republic

HIRT2449 A. Hirtius (2) A. f. Pob.?

Status

  • Eques R? Expand

    Nicolet Ref 182. cos. 43

Life Dates

  • Before 79?, birth (Rüpke 2005)
  • 43, death - violent (Broughton MRR II) Expand

    KIA, B. of Mutina.

Relationships

brother of
Hirtia (5) (sister of A. Hirtius (2) A. f. Pob.? (cos. 43)) (Zmeskal 2009) Expand

Sen. de matrim. 61 frg. Haase

Career

  • Legatus (Lieutenant)? 54 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Served under Caesar in Gaul, perhaps as a Legate, before 52, while Q. Cicero was still there (Cic. Fam. 16.27.1- 2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Legatus (Envoy) 50 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Caesar sent him to Rome early in December to meet Balbus and Metellus Scipio, but he hurried back immediately after his arrival without meeting Pompey's representatives (Cic. Att. 7.4.2). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Tribunus Plebis? 48 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Hirtius was the author of a bill affecting supporters of Pompey (Cic. Phil. 13.32), such as the one noted by Dio (42.20.1) under this year. See CIL 12.2.604. (Broughton MRR II)
    • p. 257-63 (Thommen 1989)
  • Pontifex? 47 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Augur? 47 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Augur 46 to 43 (Rüpke 2005) Expand
    • Both Hirtius and Pansa are attested for 43 (Cic. Phil. 7.12, Hirtius; Fam. 12.25a.6). In the Pro Ligario, which was delivered in the autumn of 46, Cicero mentions Pansa (1 and 7), but does not term him a colleague. (Broughton MRR II)
  • Praetor 46 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Grueber, CRRBM 1.525f., where PR is wrongly interpreted as Praefectus; cf. Cic. Att. 12.2.2; and 48, Tribunes of the Plebs. See 45, Promagistrates. (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. 46, Cos. 43. In MRR 2.295, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.478, no. 466, 46 B.C. Cos. 43. In MRR 2.336, on his public burial, refer also to AEpig. 1941, no. 102-ILLRP 419, and note also CIL 1(2).2.2524-ILLRP 420 (a brother?). (Broughton MRR III)
  • Moneyer 46 (RRC) Expand
    • ref. 466 (RRC)
  • Pontifex 46 to 43 (Rüpke 2005)
  • Proconsul 45 Gallia Transalpina (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • Governor, probably Proconsul, of Transalpine Gaul, including Narbonensis (Cic. Att. 14.9.3, dated April 17, 44). See also Cic. Att. 12.40.1, and 41.4, and 44.1, and 45.2, and 47.3; 13.21.1, and 37.2; Suet. Aug. 68. Hirtius bears the title Imp(erator) on coins issued in northern Gaul during his governorship (Grueber, CRRBM 1.526; see M. Grant, From Imperium to Auctoritas 391-392; Tourneur, Antiquité Classique 17 [1948] 553-558; and cf. Aurelius (2) as legate in 45). (Broughton MRR II)
  • Consul 43 (Broughton MRR II) Expand
    • CIL 5.5832-ILS 2338; CIL 8.22640, 1; 10.8093-ILS 5539; Fast. Cap., Degrassi 58f., 134, 502f.; Fast. Amit., ibid. 170f.; Fast. Amer., ibid. 242; Fast. Colot., ibid. 274f.; Kal. Praenest., Jan. 7, CIL 12.1, p. 231; Varro De Gent. Pop. Rom. fr. 9 Peter; Res Gest. D. Aug. 1; Nic. Dam. Vit. Caes. 22, FGrH 2A.406; Suet. Tib. 5; Tac. Dial. 17; Plut. Aem. 38.1; App. BC 3.50; Dio 45.17.1; 46, Index, with # as Pansa's cognomen; 47, Index; Obseq. 69; Eutrop. 7.1; Chr. 354. Fast. Hyd.; Chr. Pasc.; Oros. 6.18.3; Cassiod.; Solin. 1.32, p. 9 M; on Pansa, CIL 6.37077, C. Vibio C. f. Pasae Caetronian. Cos.; and on Hirtius, Bull. Com. 66 (1938) 269, cf. Van Buren, AJA 44 (1940) 377; Ann. Epig. 1940, no. 41; 1941, no. 102; 1945, no. 140. After much debate in January the Senate charged both Consuls with the task of raising levies and of preparing for military operations against Antony in order to relieve Decimus Brutus at Mutina (Cic. Phil. 5.1 and 31-34; 6.1; 7.2 and 13 and 23-24; 8.4; 10.21; 11.24; 13.5 and 23; 14.5; Fam. 11.8.2; 12.5.2; Ad Brut. 2.4.4; App. BC 3.50, and 65; Dio 45.17.1; 46.29). In that month Hirtius began a slow advance toward Cisalpine Gaul, uniting with and in general taking superior command over the forces of Octavian, yet still attempting to leave some opening for a settlement with Antony (Cic. Phil. 5.32 and 53; 7.11-12; 8.5-6; 10.16 and 21; 13.22ff., esp. 46-48; 14.4; Cic. Ad Caes. Iun. fr. 13 Tyrrell and Purser; Ad Brut. 2.1.1; Fam. 12.4.1, and 5.2; Ad Brut. 1.10.2; Plut. Cic. 45.3; Ant. 17.1; App. BC 3.65, cf. 76; Dio 46.33-36, esp. 35.5-6; see Promagistrates, on Caesar, and on Decimus Brutus). Meantime Pansa was active in raising levies, and continued in charge of business in Rome. Upon the abrogation of much of the Antonian legislation (Cic. Phil. 5. 10; 10. 17, and on the Lex Antonia Agraria, see Phil. 6.14; 11.13), Pansa carried fresh measures to confirm the veteran colonies (Cic. Phil. 13.31), and probably also measures to confirm Caesar's acts and to abolish the office of Dictator (Phil. 5.10; 10.17). He presided over the various debates regarding Antony's status, the legitimizing of the command of Brutus in Macedonia, the recognition of Sextus Pompey, and the command against Dolabella in Asia and Syria (in the latter case his own expectation of a province brought him into conflict with Cicero's proposal of a nwius imperium for Cassius) (Cic. Phil. 5.53; 7.1 and 5-9; 12.2 and 15 and 18; Fam. 12.7. 1, and 25.1; Ad Brut. 1.10; 2.4, and 5.2; Dio 46.36.2; see Promagistrates, on M. Brutus, Cassius, Sex. Pompey, Dolabella, and M. Antonius). Pansa left Rome about March 19, intending to join Hirtius in Cisalpine Gaul, but Antony's attempt to surprise him led first to a defeat for Pansa's army of recruits, and then to a serious reverse at Forum Gallorum for Antony himself at the hands of Hirtius and Octavian (Cic. Fam. 10.30, and 33.3-4; Ad Brut. 1.3a; Phil. 14.26-27 and 36- 37; Liv. Per. 119; Frontin. Str. 2.5.39; Suet. Aug. 10.3; Plut. Cic. 45.3; Ant. 17.1; App. BC 3.66-70; Dio 46.37.4- 7; Oros. 6.18.3-4; Zonar. 10. 14; cf. Flor. 2.15; and on the date of the battle, Fer. Cum., ILS 108; Ovid Fast. 4.625-628). All three commanders were acclaimed Imperatores, and in Rome the Senate voted a supplicatio, and a memorial to the fallen (Cic. Phil. 14.6 and 11-12 and 22-29 and 36-38; Ovid Fast. 4.675-676; Dio 46.38.1-2; cf. Fer. Cum., ILS 108, on Caesar). In a second battle at Mutina on April 21 Hirtius and Octavian again defeated Antony, who raised the siege of Mutina and retreated hastily to the west, but Hirtius fell in the battle, and Pansa died shortly afterwards (April 23) of wounds received at Forum Gallorum (Cic. Fam. 10.17.2, and 33.4; 11.9.1, and 10.2, and 13.1; 12.25a; Ad Brut. 1.2.2, and 3a, and 4. 1; Ad Caes. Iun. fr. 22 Tyrrell and Purser; Liv. Per. 119; Res Gest. D. Aug. 1; Ovid Trist. 4.10.6; Tibull. 3.5.18; Vell. 2.61.4; Suet. Aug. 11, and cf. on the suspicions against Octavian, Brutus in Cic. Ad Brut. 1.6.2, and Tac. Ann. 1.10, and Dio 46.39.1; Tac. Dial. 17; 7; Plut. Cic. 45.3; Ant. 17.1; App. BC 3.71-76; Dio 46.33.5, and 38.5-7, and 39.1; Eutrop. 7.1; Oros. 6.18.5; Zonar. 10.14- 15). The two Consuls received public burial in Rome in the Campus Martius (Cic. Ad Brut. 1.15.8; Liv. Per. 119; Val. Max. 5.2.10; Vell. 2.62.4; cf. CIL 6.37077; Bull. Com. 66 [1938] 269). (Broughton MRR II)
    • Pr. 46, Cos. 43. In MRR 2.295, refer also to Crawford, RRC 1.478, no. 466, 46 B.C. Cos. 43. In MRR 2.336, on his public burial, refer also to AEpig. 1941, no. 102-ILLRP 419, and note also CIL 1(2).2.2524-ILLRP 420 (a brother?). (Broughton MRR III)

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