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  Aulus Hirtius - LoveToKnow 1911
Hirtius, however, compelled Antonius to retire on Mutina, where another battle took place on the 25th (or 27th) of April, in which Hirtius was slain.
The language of Hirtius is good, but his style is monotonous and lacks vigour.
Hirtius and the other continuators of Caesar are discussed in M. Schanz, Geschichte der romischen Literatur, i.; also R. Schneider, Bellum Africanum (1905).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Aulus_Hirtius   (344 words)

  
 Aulus Hirtius Information
Caesar had nominated Hirtius and Pansa for the consulship for 43; after the assassination, Hirtius was deeply involved in the maneuvering between parties.
Initially a supporter of Mark Antony, Hirtius was successfully lobbied by Cicero, who was a personal friend, switched his allegiance to the senatorial party, and set out with an army to attack Antony, who was besieging Mutina.
In concert with Octavian, Hirtius compelled Antony to retire, but in the fighting Hirtius was slain (around 25 April or 27 April).
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  Aulus Hirtius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caesar had nominated Hirtius and Pansa for the consulship for 43; after the assassination, Hirtius was deeply involved in the maneuvering between parties.
Initially a supporter of Mark Antony, Hirtius was successfully lobbied by Cicero, who was a personal friend, switched his allegiance to the senatorial party, and set out with an army to attack Antony, who was besieging Mutina.
In concert with Octavian, Hirtius compelled Antony to retire, but in the fighting Hirtius was slain (around 25 April or 27 April).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hirtius   (264 words)

  
 Hirtius, Aulus on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
He was a friend of Julius Caesar, with whom he served in Gaul.
After Caesar's assassination (44 BC) Hirtius and Caius Vibius Pansa were consuls and took sides with the senate against Marc Antony, who was at Mutina (Modena) besieging Decimus Junius Brutus.
Hirtius was killed in the successful lifting of the siege.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/H/Hirtius.asp   (111 words)

  
 AULUS HIRTIUS (c. 90-4... - Online Information article about AULUS HIRTIUS (c. 90-4...
Hirtius, however, compelled Antonius to retire on Mutina, where another See also:
place on the 25th (or 27th) of April, in which Hirtius was slainy Of the continuations of Caesar's Commentaries—the eighth See also:
Hirtius and the other continuators of Caesar are discussed in M.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /HIG_HOR/HIRTIUS_AULUS_c_90_43_BC_.html   (365 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 498 (v. 2)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
But Hirtius merits without abatement the praise of unwavering loyalty to his patron, of moderation in political prosperity, and of using his influence with Caesar unselfishly.
But Hirtius had tastes more refined ; and Caesar, when he commissioned him to answer the Cato of Cicero, must have thought highly of his literary attain­ments.
Hirtius divides with Oppius the claim to the authorship of the eighth book of the Gallic war, as well as that of the Alexandrian, African, and Spanish.
www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/1606.html   (921 words)

  
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Hirtius was from as new family, which originated from Latium.
Hirtius was also a friend with Marcus Tullius Cicero.
Hirtius was for a brief time Caesar`s legate in 54 bc.
www.sirius.sgic.fi /~juha/hirtius.doc   (407 words)

  
 The Civil Wars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
As winter advanced Decimus began to suffer from hunger, and Hirtius and Octavius advanced toward Mutina lest Antony should receive in surrender Decimus' army now weak with famine; but as Mutina was closely hemmed in by Antony, they did not venture to come to close quarters with him at once, but waited for Pansa.
When Pansa was drawing near with his army, Octavius and Hirtius sent Carsuleius to him with Octavius' prtorian cohort and the Martian legion to assist him in passing through a defile.
When Hirtius near Mutina heard of this fight, at a distance of sixty stades, he hurried thither with the other legion that had deserted from Antony.
www.chlt.org /sandbox/perseus/appian.cw_eng.xml/page.44.a.php   (1490 words)

  
 Aulus Hirtius — Infoplease.com
He was a friend of Julius Caesar, with whom he served in Gaul.
After Caesar's assassination (44 B.C.) Hirtius and Caius Vibius Pansa were consuls and took sides with the senate against Marc Antony, who was at Mutina (Modena) besieging Decimus Junius Brutus.
Hirtius was killed in the successful lifting of the siege.
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0823804.html   (116 words)

  
 Aulus Hirtius --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Hirtius served under Julius Caesar in Gaul and was sent to negotiate with Caesar's rival, Pompey, in December 50.
Hirtius then served in Spain and the East and was praetor (46) and governor (45) of Transalpine Gaul.
E-text of detailed descriptions of Gallic, Alexandrian, African, and Spanish wars said to have been written by Julius Caesar and his friend Oppius or Hirtius, published in 1869.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9040569   (322 words)

  
 Julius Caesar : Works in English Translation (+Aulus Hirtius)
Suetonius (Suet.Lives.Julius.56), in his biography of Julius Caesar states that the Gallic and Civil Wars were written by Caesar, and that the 8th book of the Gallic Wars was written by (Aulus) Hirtius.
Suetonius also indicates that either Caesar's friend Oppius, or Hirtius likely wrote about the Alexandrian, African and Spanish wars, but that their authorship was not certain.
This is a detailed discription of the war campaigns of Julius Caesar, starting from the time that he was in charge of the Roman forces in France (Gaul).
www.chieftainsys.freeserve.co.uk /caesar.htm   (430 words)

  
 Livy: the Periochae of Books 116-120
Hirtius, qui post victoriam in ipsis hostium castris ceciderat, et C. Pansa ex vulnere quod in adverso proelio exceperat, defunctus in campo Martio sepulti sunt.
Antony, defeated by Hirtius and [Octavian] Caesar fled to Gaul, where he joined Marcus Lepidus and the legions under his command; the Senate declared him and every soldier in his army an enemy.
Aulus Hirtius, who had been killed in the camp of the enemy after his victory, and Caius Pansa, who had died from wounds received during his defeat, were buried on the Field of Mars.
www.livius.org /li-ln/livy/periochae/periochae116.html   (1487 words)

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