Hortarius

Hortarius (German: Hortar) was an Alemannic king in the 4th century.

Hortarius is mentioned by the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus. After defeating the Roman army master Barbatio in 357, the Alemannic kings Hortarius, Suomarius, Urius, Ursicinus and Vestralpus united under the leadership of Chnodomarius and Agenaric and moved against the Roman commander Severus at the Battle of Strasbourg. After losing the battle, Hortarius was able to escape execution by proving materials to the Romans.

In 358, emperor Julian made a peace treaty with Hortarius, after which the latter became a Roman military officer. Upon assuming office in February 364, the new emperor Valentinian I sought to remove Alemannic people from higher military officer. Under torture, Hortarius confessed to sending anti-Roman letters to other Alemannic leaders. He was burned alive in 364.

Another Alemannic warrior called Hortarius served together with Bitheridus, a chieftain of the Bucinobantes, as a troop leader in the Roman army.

Sources

Dieter Geuenich: Geschichte der Alemannen (= Kohlhammer-Urban-Taschenbücher. 575). 2., überarbeitete Auflage. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-17-018227-7.
Dieter Geuenich: Hortar. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2. Auflage. Band 15, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 3-11-016649-6, S. 131.

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