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Quintus Hortensius Hortalus (cos. 69)

Consul in 69 BCE. Famous lawyer who defended Verres against Cicero

🏛️ Career

  1. 75 BCE
    (aged 39)
    Aedile

    Broughton: He gave splendid games (a), and made a distribution of grain to the populace (b, and above, Consuls, on Cotta).

    Sources (3)
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 69 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 75 BCE (Praetor) , 72 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Manlius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 72 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Pupius Piso Frugi (cos. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 72 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Junius (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 75 BCE (Aedile)

  2. 72 BCE
    (aged 42)
    Praetor ·Q. de repetundis

    MT: No further comments in MRR2

    Sources (1)
    • Broughton, MRR2
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 69 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 75 BCE (Praetor) , 72 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Manlius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 72 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Pupius Piso Frugi (cos. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 72 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Junius (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 75 BCE (Aedile)

  3. 69 BCE
    (aged 45)
    Consul · Co-consul: Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus

    Broughton: Both Consuls attempted, while Consuls-designate, to assist Verres against his accuser (a). Hortensius refused the command against the Cretan pirates, which was then given to Metellus (b).

    Sources (3)
    • Broughton, MRR2
      • 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.
      • (a) 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
      • (b) 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
    Career-overlap (5) Magistrates with the closest career overlap; red font indicates family member

    Q. Caecilius Metellus Creticus (1 year; raw 4.00, base 0.667, final 0.667): 69 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Cornelius Lentulus Clodianus (2 years; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 75 BCE (Praetor) , 72 BCE (Consul)

    Cn. Manlius (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 72 BCE (Praetor)

    M. Pupius Piso Frugi (cos. 61) (1 year; raw 3.00, base 0.500, final 0.500): 72 BCE (Praetor)

    C. Junius (1 year; raw 2.00, base 0.333, final 0.333): 75 BCE (Aedile)

🏺 Family

  1. Children
    Quintus Hortensius (pr. 45)