Hortensius

Also known as: Hortensius the Orator · Family: Roman aristocracy · Role: orator · First appears: Annals II (6)

Annals II (6)

• younger kin: Marcus Hortalus (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.”

Also listed in Roman Aristocracy — Minor Figures

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

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