Quintus Hortensius Hortalus (114 - 50 BC), was a Roman orator and advocate. Year 50 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Consuls Lucius Aemilius Paullus and The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial

At the age of nineteen he made his first speech at the bar, and shortly afterwards successfully defended Nicomedes IV of Bithynia, one of Rome's dependants in the East, who had been deprived of his throne by his brother. Nicomedes IV Philopator, was the king of Bithynia, from c 94 BC to 75/4 BC. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 From that time his reputation as an advocate was established. As the son-in-law of Quintus Lutatius Catulus (through marriage to Lutatia, daughter of Catulus and Servilia) he was attached to the aristocratic party, the "optimates". For the Roman poet see Catullus Quintus Lutatius Catulus ( Latin: Q·LVTATIVS·Q·F·CATVLVS was a Roman Servilia, the wife of Quintus Lutatius Catulus, consul of bc 102 Optimates (singular optimas, The Best of Men, Italian: ottimati; also known as the priests or boni, the During Lucius Cornelius Sulla's dictatorship the courts of law were under the control of the Senate, the judges being themselves senators. Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix ( Latin: L•CORNELIVS•L•F•P•N•SVLLA•FELIX (c The Roman Senate was a political institution in Ancient Rome.

To this circumstance perhaps, as well as to his own merits, Hortensius may have been indebted for much of his success. Many of his clients were the governors of provinces which they were accused of having plundered. Such men were sure to find themselves brought before a friendly, not to say a corrupt, tribunal, and Hortensius, according to Marcus Tullius Cicero (Div. Marcus Tullius Cicero ( Classical Latin ˈkikeroː usually ˈsɪsərəʊ in English January 3, 106 BC &ndash December 7, 43 BC was a Roman in Caecil. 7), was not ashamed to avail himself of this advantage. Having served during two campaigns (90-89) in the Social War, he became quaestor in 81, aedile in 75, praetor in 72, and consul in 69. Quaestors were originally appointed by the Consuls to investigate criminal acts and determine if the consul needed to take public action Aedile ( Aedilis, from aedes aedis "temple" "building" was an office of the Roman Republic. Praetor was a title granted by the government of Ancient Rome to men acting in one of two official capacities the commander of an Army, either before Consul (abbrev cos; Latin plural consules) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire In the year before his consulship he came into collision with Cicero in the case of Gaius Verres, and from that time his supremacy at the bar was lost. Gaius Verres (c or in 120 BC &ndash 43 BC was a Roman Magistrate, notorious for his misgovernment of Sicily.

After 63 Cicero was himself drawn towards the party to which Hortensius belonged. Year 63 BC was a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events By place Rome Pompey conquers Phonecia, Coele-Syria Consequently, in political cases, the two men were often engaged on the same side (e. g. in defence of Gaius Rabirius, Lucius Licinius Murena, Publius Cornelius Sulla, and Titus Annius Milo). Gaius Rabirius may be Gaius Rabirius (senator, and his nephew Gaius Rabirius Postumus Gaius Rabirius (poet Lucius Licinius Murena, Roman Consul, was the son of Lucius Licinius Murena Publius Cornelius Sulla (d 45 BC was a politician of the late Roman Republic. Titus Annius Milo Papianus was a Roman political agitator the son of Gaius Papius Celsus, but adopted by his maternal grandfather Titus Annius Luscus. After Pompey's return from the East in 61, Hortensius withdrew from public life and devoted himself to his profession. In 50, the year of his death, he successfully defended Appius Claudius Pulcher when accused of treason and corrupt practices by Publius Cornelius Dolabella, afterwards Cicero's son-in-law. Appius Claudius Pulcher was the name of several members of the Claudii during the Roman Republic: Appius Claudius Pulcher, consul of Publius Cornelius Dolabella, 70 BC - 43 BC, was a Roman general by far the most important of the Dolabellae a Plebian family

Hortensius's speeches are not extant. His oratory, according to Cicero, was of the Asiatic style, a florid rhetoric, better to hear than to read. Rhetoric has had many definitions no simple definition can do it justice He had a wonderfully tenacious memory (Cicero, Brutus, 88, 95), and could retain every single point in his opponent's argument. Cicero 's Brutus (full title Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators or Brutus or the History of Eloquence) is a history of Roman His action was highly artificial, and his manner of folding his toga was noted by tragic actors of the day (Macrobius, Sat. This article is about the aviation term for the Roman garment see Toga. This article is about Macrobius the author for Macrobius the bishop of Seleucia and Calycadnum see Macrobius of Seleucia Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius iii. 13. 4). He also possessed a fine musical voice, which he could skilfully command. The vast wealth he had accumulated he spent on splendid villas, parks, fish-ponds and costly entertainments. He was the first to introduce peacocks as a table delicacy at Rome. The term peafowl refers to Gallinaceous Birds classified within the genera Rheinardia Argusianus Afropavoand Pavo He was a great buyer of wine, pictures and works of art. He wrote a treatise on general questions of oratory, erotic poems (Ovid, Tristia, ii. Publius Ovidius Naso ( March 20, 43 BC – 17 AD was a Roman poet known to the English -speaking world as Ovid who wrote on many topics including 441), and an Annales, which gained him considerable reputation as an historian (Yell. See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Pat. ii. 16. 3).

His daughter Hortensia was also a successful orator. Hortensia, daughter of consul and advocate Quintus Hortensius Hortalus, earned notoriety during the late Roman Republic as a skilled Orator. In 42 she spoke against the imposition of a special tax on wealthy Roman matrons with such success that part of it was remitted (Quint. Instit. i. 1. 6; Val. Max. viii. 3. 3).

In addition to Cicero (passim), see Dio Cassius xxxviii. Lucius Cassius Dio Cocceianus ( Greek:) (c 155 or 163/164 to after 229 known in English as Cassius Dio, Dio Cassius, or Dio was 16, xxxix. 37; Pliny, Nat. Gaius or Caius Plinius Secundus, ( AD 23 – August 25, AD 79 better known as Pliny the Elder, was an ancient Author Hist. ix. 8i, x. 23, xiv. 17, xxxv. 40; Varro, R. Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC &ndash 27 BC also known as Varro Reatinus to distinguish him from his younger contemporary Varro Atacinus, was a Roman R. iii. 13. 17.

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