Horatius

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
  • one of the Horatii, 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 (d.1617), an Italian prelate
• Horatius Paulijn (1644-1691), a Dutch painter
• Horatius Sebastiani (1771-1851), a French soldier and diplomat
• Horatius Bonar (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 by Thomas Babington Macaulay; for the full text of the poem see Horatius)

Other uses

• The Horatius Stakes, an American thoroughbred horse race
• G-AAXD Horatius, a named Handley Page H.P.42 airliner

See also

• Horatio (disambiguation)
• Horace (disambiguation)