Hortensius (disambiguation)

Hortensius (disambiguation)

Hortensius can refer to:

*Quintus Hortensius (dictator), dictator of Rome in 286 B.C.
*Quintus Hortensius Hortalus (114-50 BC), Roman orator.
*The Dutch astronomer Martin van den Hove (1605-1639), also known as Martinus Hortensius.
*Hortensius crater, on the Moon, which is named after this Dutch astronomer.
*Hortensius is the name of the steward in the opera "La fille du régiment", by Gaetano Donizetti.
*Hortensius is the name of a lost dialogue by Cicero, which Augustine of Hippo says (in "Confessiones") turned him to the way of philosophy.


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