2nd century BC) was a Roman politician who was elected consul for 108 BC, but was prosecuted before he could take office.
Hortensius was a member of the plebeian gens Hortensia, and possibly the uncle of the famous 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.