Quintus Hortensius (consul designate 108 BC)
Quintus Hortensius (or possibly Lucius Hortensius)[1] (fl. 2nd century BC) was a Roman politician who was elected consul for 108 BC, but was prosecuted before he could take office.
Biography
Hortensius was a member of the plebeian gens Hortensii, and possibly the uncle of the famour orator Quintus Hortensius.[2] It has been speculated that he served as a legatus under Quintus Mucius Scaevola Augur in Asia in 121 BC, and was a witness at his trial in 120.[3]
In 111 BC, it is believed that Hortensius served as praetor in Sicily.[4] He was then elected consul in 109 BC for the following year (108 BC), but was put on trial and condemned prior to taking office, most likely for electoral bribery.[5] He most likely then had his citizenship revoked before being exiled.
Sources
- Broughton, T. Robert S., The Magistrates of the Roman Republic, Vol I (1951)
- Swan, Michael, The Consular Fasti of 23 BC and the Conspiracy of Varro Murena, Harvard Studies in Classical Phililogy, Volume 71, 1967, pgs. 235 - 247
Notes
| Political offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Quintus Caecilius Metellus and Marcus Iunius Silanus |
Consul designate of the Roman Republic with Servius Sulpicius Galba 108 BC |
Succeeded by Marcus Aurelius Scaurus |