Quintus Hortensius Hortalus
(
the Social Set of Catullus
)
Roman orator. Leader of Optimates in the Senate. Defended corrupt nobles like Varro and Verres, who had been charged with misgoverning their province. Hortensius lived in great luxury.
Hortensius also dabbled in poetry:
Poem 65
ETSI me assiduo confectum cura dolore
Poem 95
ZMYRNA mei Cinnae nonam post denique messem