Marcus Hortalus

Family: Roman aristocracy · Role: senator · First appears: Annals II (6)

Life events

Augustus gave Marcus Hortalus a bounty to marry and preserve his illustrious family line.(Annals II (6))
- With: Augustus
- “He was the grandson of Hortensius the Orator; and had been encouraged by the deified Augustus, with a bounty of a thousand great sestertia, to marry for posterity;”
Tiberius rejected Marcus Hortalus's petition for financial support for his children.(Annals II (6) · 📍 the palace)
- With: Tiberius
- “hence it was the more wondered, that he received with haughtiness and repulse the petition of Marcus Hortalus, a young man of signal quality and manifestly poor.”
Tiberius offered Marcus Hortalus's sons two hundred great sestertia each.(Annals II (6) · 📍 the palace)
- With: Tiberius
- “but if the Senate thought fit, he would give his sons two hundred great sestertia each.”

elder kin: Hortensius (Hortalus is explicitly identified as Hortensius's grandson.) “He was the grandson of Hortensius the Orator; and had been encouraged by the deified Augustus, with a bounty of a thousand great sestertia, to marry for posterity; purely to prevent the extinction of a family most illustrious and renowned.”
patron: Augustus (Augustus provided Hortalus with a bounty and encouraged his marriage.) “He was the grandson of Hortensius the Orator; and had been encouraged by the deified Augustus, with a bounty of a thousand great sestertia, to marry for posterity; purely to prevent the extinction of a family most illustrious and renowned.”
patron: Tiberius (Tiberius offers financial aid to Hortalus's sons.) “Tiberius perceived it, and having paused a little, said ”

Extracted from the original text of Tacitus — The Histories & The Annals (Books I-VI) & Agricola. Made with Rho MD.