Horatius may refer to:

People

Roman era

* several ancient Roman men of the '' gens Horatia'', including: ** Quintus Horatius Flaccus, the poet known in English as

Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus (; 8 December 65 – 27 November 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace (), was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also known as Octavian). The rhetorician Quintilian regarded his ' ...

** one of the

Horatii In the ancient Roman legend of the kingdom era, the Horatii were triplet warriors who lived during the reign of Tullus Hostilius. The accounts of their epic clash with the Curiatii and the murder of their sister by Publius, the sole survivor ...

, three members of the ''gens Horatia'' who fought to the death against the Curiatii ** Marcus Horatius Pulvillus, consul in 509 and 507 BC ** Horatius Cocles, hero who defended the Sublician Bridge ** Marcus Horatius Barbatus, consul in 449 BC

Post-Roman era

Horatius Acquaviva d'Aragona Horatius Acquaviva d'Aragona (died 13 June 1617) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Caiazzo (1592–1617).Horatius Paulijn Horatius Paulijn (1644, Amsterdam – 1691, Amsterdam), was a Dutch Golden Age painter. Biography According to Houbraken who was told his fortunes by the painter Johannes Voorhout, Paulyn was a god-fearing man who planned a trip to the Holy L ...

(1644-1691), a Dutch painter * Horatius Sebastiani (1771-1851), a French soldier and diplomat *

Horatius Bonar Horatius Bonar (19 December 180831 July 1889), a contemporary and acquaintance of Robert Murray M'cheyne was a Scotland, Scottish churchman and poet. He is principally remembered as a prodigious hymnodist. Friends knew him as Horace Bona ...

(1808–1889), a Scottish churchman and poet * Horatius "H.H." Coleman (1892-1969), an American church pastor * Horatius Murray (1903-1989), a British Army General

Fictional characters

* Horatius Faversham, a character in the radio series '' The Penny Dreadfuls Present...''

Literature

*a poem in the ''

Lays of Ancient Rome ''Lays of Ancient Rome'' is an 1842 collection of narrative poems, or lays, by Thomas Babington Macaulay. Four of these recount heroic episodes from early Roman history with strong dramatic and tragic themes, giving the collection its name. M ...

'' by

Thomas Babington Macaulay Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay, (; 25 October 1800 – 28 December 1859) was a British historian and Whig politician, who served as the Secretary at War between 1839 and 1841, and as the Paymaster-General between 1846 and 184 ...

; for the full text of the poem see ''Horatius'')

Other uses

*The Horatius Stakes, an American thoroughbred horse race * G-AAXD ''Horatius'', a named

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