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Quintus Hortensius Hortalus (114 BC – 50 BC) was a Roman Optimate,〔Boak, Arthur E. R. & Sinnigen, William G. History of Rome to A.D. 565. Fifth Edition. The Macmillan Company, 1965. pg 213〕 and orator. He was consul in 69BC alongside Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus. ==Biography== 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. 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''. During Lucius Cornelius Sulla's dictatorship the courts of law were under the control of the Senate, the judges being themselves senators. 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. 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. 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. After 63, Cicero gravitated towards the faction to which Hortensius belonged. 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). After Pompey's return from the East in 61, Hortensius withdrew from public life and devoted himself to his profession. In 56, Hortensius admired Cato the Younger "so much that he wanted them to be kinsmen, not merely friends,"〔''Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar'' by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni, pg 171.〕 and proposed to marry Cato's daughter, Porcia Catonis, who was only about 20 years old at the time. Since Porcia was already married to Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus and had bore him two children to him, Cato refused to dissolve the marriage. Instead, Cato offered his own wife, Marcia, on the condition that Marcia's father, Lucius Marcius Philippus, approve as well. Consent was obtained and Cato divorced Marcia, thereby placing her under her father's charge. Hortensius promptly married Marcia, who bore him an heir. After Hortensius' death in 50 BC, she inherited "every last sesterce of his estate"〔''Rome's Last Citizen: The Life and Legacy of Cato, Mortal Enemy of Caesar'' by Rob Goodman and Jimmy Soni, pg 225.〕 This caused a minor scandal, as after Hortensius' death she remarried Cato, making both of them rich. 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. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Quintus Hortensius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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