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About Quintus Hortensius
Quintus Hortensius Hortalus was a Roman lawyer, an orator and a statesman. Politically he belonged to the Optimates. He was consul in 69 BC alongside Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. His nickname was Dionysia, after a famous actress. After his retirement Hortensius took up fish-breeding as a hobby. Cicero spoke of him as a Piscinarius – 'fish fancier'.
Everything about Quintus Hortensius →- Occupation
- lawyer, writer, poet, orator
- Position held
- praetor, quaestor, aedile, ancient Roman senator
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Born
- 114 BC
- Died
- 50 BC